The “mother of Youth Aliyah.”

Revealed in newly declassified records.

And its translation into German.

“The establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine will be a blessing to the whole world.”

David Ben-Gurion desired the “redemption of the Jewish people.”

Sun Yat-sen and N.E.B. Ezra.

And the forgotten battle that cost Moshe Dayan his eye.

Jamil Mardam Bey.

Never a pussycat.

Lady Yvonne Cochrane Sursock, in memoriam.

That’s not a bad thing, but a sensitive new biography is still worth reading.

Taking stock of a great Jewish leader.

They came to Israel not out of fear of persecution but out of love for their homeland.

Ahad Ha’am would agree.