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=Israel Study Resources=

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Theodore Herzl
Theodore Herzl, Jewish Virtual Library Zionism & Israel Biographies Encyclopedia Britannica Important Dates in History of Israel by ADL

Video: Spielberg Archives, Theodore Herzl, Father of the Jewish State (12:03) media type="youtube" key="47tgrvMWbRg" height="315" width="420"

1st Aliyah & Edmond Rothschild
1st Aliyah, Jewish Virtual Library Rothschild by the Knesset Important Dates in History of Israel by ADL 1st Aliyah: Ministry of Absorption 1st Aliyah, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Eliezer Ben-Yehudah & Birth of Modern Hebrew
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda & Revival of Hebrew, Jewish Virtual Library Elizer Ben-Yehuda, from My Jewish Learning Zionism & Israel Biographies, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Shalom Sesame, The Story of Modern Hebrew (2:27) media type="youtube" key="jzPDmhihPBM" height="315" width="420"

Founding of Modern Hebrew (1:04) (By Israel National Radio) media type="youtube" key="YVBM1_9EttY" width="425" height="350"

2nd Wave of Aliyah & the Kibbutz
2nd Wave of Aliyah, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs Immigration the Early Years, by the ADL Jewish Agency for Israel, Aliyah 2nd Aliyah, Jewish Virtual Library The Kibbutz, Jewish Virtual Library Degania, 1st Kibbutz, Jewish Agency for Israel

The Kibbutz Experiment, Excerpt (1:28) media type="youtube" key="umqUvDQPCHw" height="315" width="560"

British Mandate, The Balfour Declaration and the White Paper
British Mandate, My Jewish Learning The British Mandate, Jewish Virtual Libray Balfour Declaration, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Balfour Declaration and the Creation of Israel (4:51) media type="youtube" key="rm06MpInKwM" height="315" width="420"

Chaim Weitzman
Chaim Weitzman, Jewish Virtual Library Chaim Weitzman, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs Obituary, New York Times Zionism and Israel Biographies, Chaim Weitzman

Spielbergy Jewish Archive: The Vision of Chaim Weitzman (26:53) media type="youtube" key="NIXlNX2IWu8" height="315" width="420"

The Hagannah & Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan, Jewish Virtual Library Moshe Dayan, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Haganah, Jewish Virtual Library Haganah, Encyclopedia Britannica Official Hagana Web Site, Israel

Illegal Immigration & Displaced Persons
British Rule Timeline in Palestine, Jewish Virtual Library British Restrictions on Jewish Immigration, Jewish Virtual Library [|British Rule, Jewish Agency for Israel]

Henrietta Szold
Henrietta Szold, Jewish Virtual Library Henrietta Szold, Jewish Women's Archive Henrietta Szold, My Jewish Learning Hadassah: Henrietta Szold Spielberg Jewish Film Archive: Henrietta Szold (32:03)

Hannah Senesh
Hannah Senesh, Jewish Virtual Library Fire in My Heart, Exhibit on Hannah Senesh at Museum of Jewish Heritage Hannah Senesh, Jewish Heroine, Jewish Magazine The Jewish Week, Poems by Hannah Senesh Blessed is the Match, film clips, PBS

Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh (Movie Trailer: 2:06) media type="youtube" key="9GzHz4y3fGE" height="315" width="560"

Eli Eli, Sung by Ofra Haza (3:55) media type="youtube" key="lFcXeGtDg7w" height="315" width="420"

Golda Meir
Golda Meir, Jewish Virtual Library Obituary, New York Times BBC News, Profile Golda Meir, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

[|Line of Life With Golda Meir] (Spielberg Jewish Film Archive) (11:48) media type="youtube" key="ghWwEuHIH8w" height="315" width="420"

UN Partition Plan & Vote; War of Independence
UN Partition Plan, BBC News Partition Plan, Jewish Virtual Library 1947 UN Partition Plan, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1947-49, Israel's War of Independence, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs War of Independence, ADL War of Independence, Knesset.gov

War of Independence, History Channel: Birth of a Nation (1:31:21) media type="youtube" key="k49bspHpk8c" height="315" width="420"

David Ben Gurion
David Ben Gurion, Jewish Virtual Library David Ben Gurion, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs David Ben Gurion, Biography.com David Ben Gurion, Official Declaration of Independence web site

Sound Reel, Interview With David Ben Gurion (47:59) media type="youtube" key="4Oo75OQmHAw" height="315" width="420"

Declaration of Israeli Independence
Declaration of Establishment of State of Israel, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs Official Declaration of Independence web site Declaration of Independence, Jewish Virtual Library

Declaration of Independence, Read by David Ben Gurion (12:51) (with English captions) media type="youtube" key="Vy_LlKE9OMQ" height="315" width="420"