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📚 Looking for facts, not fiction? @JewishVLibrary is the most comprehensive online resource on Jewish history, politics, and culture. With 26,000+ entries, we cover everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism. For more: jewishvirtuallibrary.org #JewishHistory #JewishVirtualLibrary

JewishVLibrary's tweet image. 📚 Looking for facts, not fiction?
@JewishVLibrary is the most comprehensive online resource on Jewish history, politics, and culture. With 26,000+ entries, we cover everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism.
For more: jewishvirtuallibrary.org
#JewishHistory #JewishVirtualLibrary

🇮🇱 Israel ranks at the top among nations voting with the United States at the @UN Explore nearly two decades of voting data—from the 2000s through 2024—covering global and Israel-related resolutions. More here:📊 jewishvirtuallibrary.org/united-nations… #UN #USIsrael #Israel #Diplomacy #Data #JVL

JewishVLibrary's tweet image. 🇮🇱 Israel ranks at the top among nations voting with the United States at the @UN
Explore nearly two decades of voting data—from the 2000s through 2024—covering global and Israel-related resolutions.
More here:📊 jewishvirtuallibrary.org/united-nations…
#UN #USIsrael #Israel #Diplomacy #Data #JVL

While the world watched Gaza, Israel scored a quiet but decisive victory in the West Bank. @MitchellGBard explains how Operation Iron Wall dismantled terror networks and reshaped the region’s security landscape. 👉jns.org/not-in-judea-a… #Israel #WestBank #Iran #Hamas #MiddleEast


📊 Where do most of the world’s Jews live today? Israel: 7.15M 🇮🇱 U.S.: 6.3M 🇺🇸 Together, they make up nearly 80% of global Jewry. But how big are other Jewish communities? 🔗 Explore the full picture: jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jewish-populat… #JewishHistory #Israel #Demographics #JVL

JewishVLibrary's tweet image. 📊 Where do most of the world’s Jews live today?
Israel: 7.15M 🇮🇱
U.S.: 6.3M 🇺🇸
Together, they make up nearly 80% of global Jewry.
But how big are other Jewish communities?
🔗 Explore the full picture: jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jewish-populat…
#JewishHistory #Israel #Demographics #JVL

From persecution to freedom — the Sephardic story that helped shape America. Join us for Part III: “From the Iberian Inquisition to the U.S. Constitution.” 🗓️ Nov 16, 1pm EST | 💻 FREE Online 🎟️ Register: eventbrite.com/e/185341793593… #SephardicLegacy #JHA

JewishVLibrary's tweet image. From persecution to freedom — the Sephardic story that helped shape America.
Join us for Part III: “From the Iberian Inquisition to the U.S. Constitution.”

🗓️ Nov 16, 1pm EST | 💻 FREE Online
🎟️ Register: 
eventbrite.com/e/185341793593…

#SephardicLegacy #JHA

#Mossad uncovered a vast Iranian terror network run by the IRGC’s Quds Force, behind attacks on Jewish & Israeli sites in the West since Oct. 7, 2023. Using proxies & crime groups, it plotted assaults from Greece to Australia — most amateurish. Read more: jewishvirtuallibrary.org/iran-nuclear-d…

JewishVLibrary's tweet image. #Mossad uncovered a vast Iranian terror network run by the IRGC’s Quds Force, behind attacks on Jewish & Israeli sites in the West since Oct. 7, 2023.
Using proxies & crime groups, it plotted assaults from Greece to Australia — most amateurish.

Read more: jewishvirtuallibrary.org/iran-nuclear-d…

“Israel must not be Sparta.” In his latest @JNS_org op-ed, @MitchellGBard warns that while Israel faces unprecedented isolation, its strength lies not in becoming a warrior state—but in renewing its Zionist mission as a light among the nations. 🔗 jns.org/israel-must-no…


Last call! join us tonight at 7pm EDT! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

American and Israeli Jews increasingly see the world through different lenses. 🇺🇸🇮🇱 What caused this divide—and can it be bridged? Join Dr. @MitchellGBard on Oct 29 at 7 PM EDT for our latest webinar on this important discussion. 🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

JewishVLibrary's tweet image. American and Israeli Jews increasingly see the world through different lenses.

🇺🇸🇮🇱 What caused this divide—and can it be bridged?
Join Dr. @MitchellGBard on Oct 29 at 7 PM EDT for our latest webinar on this important discussion.

🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…


Israel isn’t a “settler-colonial” state. Jews are indigenous to Israel — Zionism is homecoming, not colonization. Learn more ⤵️ jewishvirtuallibrary.org/myths-facts-20… #Israel #MythvsFact #Zionism #JewishHistory #MiddleEast

JewishVLibrary's tweet image. Israel isn’t a “settler-colonial” state.
Jews are indigenous to Israel — Zionism is homecoming, not colonization.

Learn more ⤵️ jewishvirtuallibrary.org/myths-facts-20…

#Israel #MythvsFact #Zionism #JewishHistory #MiddleEast

On Oct. 24, 1870, France granted citizenship to 37,000 Algerian Jews through the Crémieux Decree — a milestone in Jewish emancipation that also deepened colonial divides. Revoked under Vichy France in 1940, restored in 1943. More👉 jewishvirtuallibrary.org/crmieux-decree #JewishHistory #France

JewishVLibrary's tweet image. On Oct. 24, 1870, France granted citizenship to 37,000 Algerian Jews through the Crémieux Decree — a milestone in Jewish emancipation that also deepened colonial divides.
Revoked under Vichy France in 1940, restored in 1943.
More👉 jewishvirtuallibrary.org/crmieux-decree
#JewishHistory #France

“No army in modern history has been asked to do more under greater strain than the IDF.” In his new @JNS_org op-ed, @MitchellGBard warns that Israel’s military must confront internal crises—mental health, Haredi draft, and U.S. dependence—to stay strong 🔗 jns.org/breaking-the-i…


Next week!

American and Israeli Jews increasingly see the world through different lenses. 🇺🇸🇮🇱 What caused this divide—and can it be bridged? Join Dr. @MitchellGBard on Oct 29 at 7 PM EDT for our latest webinar on this important discussion. 🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

JewishVLibrary's tweet image. American and Israeli Jews increasingly see the world through different lenses.

🇺🇸🇮🇱 What caused this divide—and can it be bridged?
Join Dr. @MitchellGBard on Oct 29 at 7 PM EDT for our latest webinar on this important discussion.

🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…


Two months before Oct 7, the Pentagon quietly signed a $35.8 million deal to expand a “secret” U.S. base in Israel’s Negev. Known as Site 512, it hosts the world’s most advanced radar, giving Israel six extra minutes of warning against Iranian missiles. 🔗jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-secret-u-s…


A new @washingtonpost poll finds: 16% of American Jews feel “a lot” in common with Jews in Israel, 42% “some,” 30% “not much,” 12% “nothing at all.” How close—or distant—do American Jews feel to Israel today? 🇺🇸🇮🇱 👉 jewishvirtuallibrary.org/american-jewis… #AmericanJews #Israel #JewishIdentity

JewishVLibrary's tweet image. A new @washingtonpost poll finds: 
16% of American Jews feel “a lot” in common with Jews in Israel, 42% “some,” 30% “not much,” 12% “nothing at all.”

How close—or distant—do American Jews feel to Israel today? 🇺🇸🇮🇱
👉 jewishvirtuallibrary.org/american-jewis…
#AmericanJews #Israel #JewishIdentity

“Their captivity corroded Israelis’ faith in their leaders and fractured the social contract between citizen and state.” In his latest @JNS_org column, @MitchellGBard examines the enduring trauma of Israel’s hostages — and the heavy price of their return 🔗jns.org/the-tragedy-of…


Joel Mokyr, 2025 @NobelPrize Laureate in Economics, transformed how we understand growth — showing that ideas, not just resources, drive progress. Raised in Israel, and a dual U.S.–Israel citizen, Mokyr bridges history and innovation. 🔗 Learn more jewishvirtuallibrary.org/joel-mokyr

JewishVLibrary's tweet image. Joel Mokyr, 2025 @NobelPrize Laureate in Economics, transformed how we understand growth — showing that ideas, not just resources, drive progress. Raised in Israel, and a dual U.S.–Israel citizen, Mokyr bridges history and innovation. 

🔗 Learn more  jewishvirtuallibrary.org/joel-mokyr

Uncover a pivotal chapter of Jewish history! Join us for Nação: Business Law & Practices in Amsterdam and the Ottoman Empire (18th–19th c.) — part 2 of our Sephardic series. Oct 19 | 1 PM EST | Online Register here: eventbrite.com/e/1730629933719 #JewishHistory #Sephardic #LegalHistory

JewishVLibrary's tweet image. Uncover a pivotal chapter of Jewish history! Join us for Nação: Business Law & Practices in Amsterdam and the Ottoman Empire (18th–19th c.) — part 2 of our Sephardic series.

Oct 19 | 1 PM EST | Online
Register here: eventbrite.com/e/1730629933719
#JewishHistory #Sephardic #LegalHistory

American and Israeli Jews increasingly see the world through different lenses. 🇺🇸🇮🇱 What caused this divide—and can it be bridged? Join Dr. @MitchellGBard on Oct 29 at 7 PM EDT for our latest webinar on this important discussion. 🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

JewishVLibrary's tweet image. American and Israeli Jews increasingly see the world through different lenses.

🇺🇸🇮🇱 What caused this divide—and can it be bridged?
Join Dr. @MitchellGBard on Oct 29 at 7 PM EDT for our latest webinar on this important discussion.

🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

📅 Two years have passed since the tragic events of October 7, 2023. 48 hostages are still held by Hamas, facing dire conditions captivity for 730 days. We will never stop demanding their return. Read more: jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-israel-ham… #BringThemHome #October7 #Israel #Hostages

JewishVLibrary's tweet image. 📅 Two years have passed since the tragic events of October 7, 2023.
48 hostages are still held by Hamas, facing dire conditions captivity for 730 days.
We will never stop demanding their return.

Read more: jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-israel-ham…

#BringThemHome #October7 #Israel #Hostages

Israel’s economy hasn’t collapsed during its war with Hamas—but it’s battered, bruised, and burdened. Dr. @MitchellGBard warns it may take a generation to recover. 🔗 jns.org/a-ravaged-econ… #Israel #MiddleEast #Economy #WarAndPeace #Resilience


🕯️On Yom Kippur, as Jews worldwide reflect and pray, 48 Israeli hostages remain in Gaza. May this day of atonement and renewal bring their release, and peace. Read more: jewishvirtuallibrary.org/yom-kippur-his… Donate to our efforts: fundraise.givesmart.com/form/HfNVhg?vi… #YomKippur #Israel #BringThemHome

JewishVLibrary's tweet image. 🕯️On Yom Kippur, as Jews worldwide reflect and pray, 48 Israeli hostages remain in Gaza. May this day of atonement and renewal bring their release, and peace. 

Read more: jewishvirtuallibrary.org/yom-kippur-his…

Donate to our efforts: fundraise.givesmart.com/form/HfNVhg?vi…

#YomKippur #Israel #BringThemHome

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