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Zev Golan’s "The Western Wall Wars," the story of the people who smuggled and blew shofars at the Kotel during the British Mandate, has just been published by Pomeranz Books and the Lehi Heritage Association.
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By Zev Golan
Molcho won a reputation for being able to answer any question posed about the Torah, and people came from far away to pose questions to him.
By Zev Golan
One Irgunist told me, “No matter what the subject, Segal always managed to bring it to the conclusion: ‘You have to fight for Eretz Yisrael.’”
By Zev Golan
They are in their 80s and 90s now, but when the British ruled Eretz Yisrael they were teenagers, or maybe in their 20s. Their faces were on “wanted” posters and those who were caught went to prison or were exiled to Africa. They are the remnants of the most feared Jewish militia that fought the British – Lehi, commonly known as the Stern Gang. Every Chanukah they met in Tel Aviv, lit candles, shared some doughnuts and watched their numbers dwindle.
By Zev Golan
Chanukah and Purim have passed but they are not past, because Jewish history is not only ancient. The message of Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, is that Jewish history is now. Indeed, some of the Maccabees are still alive.
