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Jewish Virtual Library: Soviets Renew Threats, Ben Gurion Responds

For Students 9th - 10th
Two letters showing the Soviet position towards Israel, after Israel attacked Egypt and Israel's reply to the Soviet's threats.
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Jewish Virtual Library: Hitler Declares War on the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
The Jewish Virtual Library provides the text of the speech delivered by Hitler to the members of the Reichstag, calling for a declaration of war against the U.S.
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Jewish Virtual Library: Oslo Peace Accords: Declaration of Principles

For Students 9th - 10th
An online text of the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords between Israel and the Palestinians. This was the beginning of the recent attempts of peace between the two groups.
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Jewish Virtual Library: u.s. Position on Palestine

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Jewish Virtual Library provides the text of a statement made by Herschel V. Johnson, United States, The Deputy Representative to the United Nations, announces the United States' support of partitioning Palestine but...
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Jewish Virtual Library: Eisenhower Publicly Threatens Israel With Sanctions

For Students 9th - 10th
In this speech to the American public on February 20, 1957, Eisenhower explains how the Suez War began and the diplomatic events which took place to try and end it. He also explains what the United States is prepared to do to Israel to...
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Jewish Virtual Library: General Assembly Resolution 181

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of the United Nations resolution to partition Palestine, making an Arab state, a Jewish state, and an international Jerusalem.
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Jewish Virtual Library: u.s. Proposes u.n. Trusteeship of Palestine

For Students 9th - 10th
President Truman explains the United States' position and recommendations on the issue of Palestine once the British mandate was to end.
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Jewish Virtual Library: u.s. Rejects the Use of Force

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by the Jewish Virtual Library. In a speech to the American people on October 31, 1956, Eisenhower denounces Israel's attack on Egypt.
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Jewish Virtual Library: Nechama Leibowitz

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by the Jewish Virtual Library. Leibowitz (1905-1997 CE) was a professor at Tel Aviv University known for her love of the Bible, and her thought provoking questions when teaching her students.
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Jewish Virtual Library: The Holocaust: The Einsatzgruppen

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the Einsatzgruppen, the paramilitary Nazi death squads during World War II.
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Jewish Virtual Library: Adolf Eichmann

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography of the Nazi Gestapo leader Adolf Eichmann.
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Jewish Virtual Library: American Position on Partition

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Jewish Virtual Library describes the evidence of America's support of plans to partition Palestine and discusses why some Americans opposed the idea.
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Jewish Virtual Library: Menachem Begin

For Students 9th - 10th
Quick biography of the Egyptian Prime Minister.
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Jewish Virtual Library: Ariel Sharon

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Sharon that highlights his military career and numerous posts he has held in his political career. Site provides hyperlinks to related information such as the 1967 Six-Day War, the Haganah, Sinai Campaign, and more.
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Jewish Virtual Library: Forced Labor

For Students 9th - 10th
This Jewish Virtual Library site describes what forced labor was during the Holocaust and how the German government is making reparations to these people now.
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Jewish Virtual Library: Kristallnacht

For Students 9th - 10th
This Jewish Virtual Library site contains information about Kristallnacht and the events that led up to it.
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Jewish Virtual Library: The Soviet Position on Partition

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes briefly how the Soviet Union was the second nation to recognize the state of Israel.
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Jewish Virtual Library: The Holocaust:nazi War Crimes & Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
A reference to Nazi War Crimes & Trials.
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Jewish Virtual Library: The Holocaust: Yellow Badges, Stars & Markings

For Students 9th - 10th
Yellow Badges, Stars & Markings during the Holocaust are described and shown on this page and its corresponding linked pages.
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Jewish Virtual Library: American Jewish Women

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Jewish Virtual Library, historical facts about Jewish women in America starting with the pre-colonial period through the twentieth century.
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Jewish Virtual Library: Jewish Population of Israel as Percentage of World Jewish Population

For Students 9th - 10th
The Central Bureau of Statistics presents a chart from 1882-2000 of the Jewish Population in Israel and across the world.
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Jewish Virtual Library: The Situation of the Jews in Warsaw After the Occupation

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay describing life for the Jewish people living in German occupied Warsaw, Poland.
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Jewish Virtual Library: Deportations to Killing Centers in Occupied Poland

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of routes to move Jews to killing centers in Poland during its German occupation. Includes short description.
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Jewish Virtual Library: The Holocaust: Ghettos

For Students 9th - 10th
Ghettos of the Holocaust are described on the linked pages. Photographs of many of the ghettos are included.