Explainers

Questions worth a page of their own. Each began as an answer on this site, drafted by AI from what pro-Israel voices have published, and was then edited and published by a person.

How to celebrate Rosh Hashanah
The shofar, apples and honey, festive meals and prayer: how Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is celebrated.
Was Israel created by the United Nations?
The UN recommended partition in 1947 and admitted Israel in 1949, but Israel declared and defended its own independence in May 1948.
What happened on October 7th?
On 7 October 2023 Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking some 250 hostages: what happened, in the words of those who were there.
What is Zionism?
Zionism is the movement for Jewish self-determination in the Land of Israel: where it came from, its many strands, and the fight over the word today.