Esther Shawmut Friedman, former Haganah medic, dies at 89
Esther Shawmut Friedman, an American volunteer who worked as a medic in the Haganah, died on March 7. She was 89.
Esther Shawmut Friedman, an American volunteer who worked as a medic in the Haganah, died on March 7. She was 89.
The arrest this week of a retired a New Jersey man on charges of transmitting classified information to Israel two decades ago shows how the Jonathan Pollard spy case continues to haunt the U.S.-Israel relationship.
On the eve of Passover 1948, Rabbi Moshe Saks, known as Bud to his family and friends, was stationed in Jerusalem\’s Talpiot neighborhood, trying to figure out how to get Passover supplies and ammunition to the embattled Haganah soldiers in the Makor Haim neighborhood.