Sublime

In the fall of 1945, I began to study chemistry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (the only university in Palestine). In Jerusalem, I also took an active part in the Haganah. Man-to-man combat training was conducted in one of the schools in the city, while the police station at the seminary in Beit Hakerem served as a base for rifle training.

In October 1947, Ben-Gurion, who was at the time head of the Jewish Agency, planned the formation of a committee to begin scientific military research (23). Yohanan Ratner was appointed director, E.D. Bergmann, G. Racah, and H. Heimann were members, and Aharon Katchalsky was secretary. The committee was responsible for controlling the budget and pl

That al-Kassam would be the first Palestinian martyr whose Che Guevara–like tale would make him the icon of Islamic Palestinian resistance in the generations to come.

and his own brother Alfred, Lehmann believed that there was no future for Jews in Germany, and that Western Jewry must renew itself by reconnecting with the masses of Eastern Jewry, with their traditions and rituals.

From the Mikveh Yisrael school they travel to the colony of Rishon LeZion. Baron Edmond de Rothschild is the colony’s sponsor and benefactor.