by Olivier Melnick | י״א באדר א׳ ה׳תשע״ו (Feb 20, 2016) | Zionism
Growing up in France in the 60s, I often heard conversations about Zionism and Israel at family gatherings. I didn’t really understand what they were all about except that there were always a few family members who spoke passionately about Eretz Yisrael. Some...
by Olivier Melnick | י״ח באב ה׳תשע״ד (Aug 14, 2014) | Zionism
It was in 1894, when Hungarian Jewish reporter Theodor Herzl followed the Dreyfus Affair in Paris, it took him no time to realize that anti-Semitism was alive and well. Herzl was shocked to hear “Death to the Jews” on the streets of Paris. Napoleon might...