Haganah

Holocaust survivor, Yom Kippur War hero Colonel Simcha Applebaum dies at 99

Having moved from the horrors of the Holocaust to dedicating his life to the revival of the Jewish state, his experiences are the essence of the story of the Jewish people in the 20th century.

|ByELI ASHKENAZI
Simcha Applebaum serving as deputy commander within the 188th Brigade.
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Dan Tolkowsky

Israeli Air Force hero Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Dan Tolkowsky passes away at 104

Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Dan Tolkowsky will be laid to rest, with a full military ceremony, on Monday at 2:30 PM at the Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery in Tel Aviv.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Alexander Smukler presents a samizdat copy of Exodus in Russian to author Leon Uris in Moscow, November 1989.

Looking at the enduring inspiration of Leon Uris’s ‘Exodus’ - opinion

Sixty-five years later, would the book, the movie, and the music have been welcomed with such global approbation?

|ByDANIEL S. MARIASCHIN
THE WAZE app came out in 2013 (hence, the older-model smartphone pictured)

This week in Jewish history: Haganah formed in Israel, Google acquires Waze

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

|BySTEVEN DRUCKER

Escape from Cyprus: The story of ‘Hatikva'

As the passengers sang loudly, the Palestinian sawed the lock from a hatch cover in the floor of their cage.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017ByMURRAY GREENFIELD
Hatikvah crew members in Cyprus (from left) Hugh McDonald, Sam Gordon, Harold Katz, Joe Gilden and Murray Greenfield.

Ruth Dayan, femme d’un homme et de son pays

Retour sur le destin exceptionnel de l’épouse de Moshé Dayan, qui a soufflé sa centième bougie

AUGUST 13, 2017ByTAMI ZER
Ruth Dayan, lors de son 100e anniversaire

Rehov Hanevi'im - Around the houses

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009ByAVIVA BAR-AM
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