Yad Vashem

Day Four

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June 4th 2011
So, yes I know this is late but I'm doing a lot okay? Life is very busy and today was really the first day that I could sit down and blog about what's going on. So day four, June 1st, the group traveled to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, which is run the government. This is a contrast to many of the other Holocaust museums around Israel which are usually run by private groups or orga ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Tel Aviv District » Tel Aviv

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more