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Hillel Kook on the Knesset website; The Bergson Group, America, and the Holocaust: A Previously Unpublished Interview with Hillel Kook, by David S. Wyman, from American Jewish History 89:1 (2001) A Rebel with a Cause: Hillel Kook, Begin and Jabotinsky's Ideological Legacy, by Eran Kaplan, from Israel Studies 10.3 (2005) Jewish World Review op-ed
It was organized by Hillel Kook, nephew of the chief rabbi of Mandatory Palestine and head of the Bergson Group, and involved more than 400 rabbis, mostly members of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, [1] from New York and cities throughout the Eastern United States. It was the only such protest in Washington during ...
Founded by Hillel Kook, who had the pseudonym "Peter H. Bergson", the Bergson Group was a group formed during the Holocaust to advocate for the fight against Nazis and for rescuing Jews. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Altalena Affair Part of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War Altalena on fire after being shelled near Tel Aviv Date 20 June – 23 June 1948 Location Coast of Israel Result IDF victory Civil war averted after Irgun leader Menachem Begin orders his followers not to retaliate Most arrested Irgun members later released and integrated into IDF Belligerents Israel Defense Forces Irgun Commanders and ...
In the US, persistent pressure on the Roosevelt administration by Hillel Kook and his Bergonsonite rescue group [citation needed], despite considerable and prolonged obstruction by America's liberal Jewish leaders and mainstream Jewish organizations but with crucial support of many in Congress, the Senate, and Treasury Secretary Henry ...
It was called to decide upon the role that the American Jewish community would play in representing Jewish demands after the war and helping to build Jewish Palestine. [1] The conference, a parliamentary-style political body, included 500 delegates collectively representing 2.25 million Jews in the United States.
Program cover. Comparisons to the American Revolution.(Yehudah Magnes opposed it).[1]A Flag Is Born is a 1946 play that advocated the creation of a homeland for the Jewish people in the ancient Land of Israel—at the time of the play's release Mandatory Palestine, under British administration.
During the Knesset term Eliezer Preminger left Maki and re-established the Hebrew Communists before joining Mapam, while Ari Jabotinsky and Hillel Kook, both associated with the Bergson Group in the United States, broke away from Herut; they were not recognised as a separate party by the speaker.