Schenker, who was from New York, had connections to the city’s folk scene and ambitions of launching a singing career in Israel, or perhaps pursuing a career in academia. “The Yom Kippur War ...

Yom Kippur. Jews throughout the world were observing this sacred day of religious commitment; but in Israel, the day was shattered by the news that war between the Jews and Arabs once again had begun.

“Golda” recreates the Israeli prime minister’s life during the 19 days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which would indelibly mark both her legacy and the Israeli consciousness ...

The war marks the Israeli army’s highest death toll since the Yom Kippur War, when at least 2,500 soldiers were killed in 19 days of fighting. At least 1,200 people were killed, and 252 Israelis ...

Oct. 6 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1853, Antioch College opened in Yellow Springs, Ohio, as the first non-sectarian ...

The Yom Kippur War was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. The majority of combat between the two sides took ...

Between bomb craters: Taxis stuck on war-hit Lebanon-Syria border In the hours ahead of Yom Kippur, Israel faced severe ... journalist in Gaza reported heavy artillery shelling, explosions and ...

History sometimes offers lessons from the past, and the Kursk offensive recalls a similarly daring move by Israel in the Yom ...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 23 (ANI/TPS): Israeli soldiers during a routine operation in Syria found the rotor head of an Air Force helicopter that crashed in Syria during the Yom Kippur War, the ...

In 1973 they launched major offensives against Israel on the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur. The Egyptians drove the Israelis from the Suez Canal. FISK: The '73 war, the crossing of the Suez Canal ...

including 6 soldiers His story was dramatized — and he says fictionalized — in the hit Israeli TV series, 'Valley of Tears,' about the opening days of the Yom Kippur War In refusing to obey a ...