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Fall of Old Jerusalem
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CE 003Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Fall of Old JerusalemCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Documentary on events that led to 1967 Mideast war, especially the siege and occupation of Arab-populated Old Jerusalem by the Israeli forces. Includes accounts of French and US eyewitnesses.
The 1948-49 and 1956 Wars: Menuhin Reminisces
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CE 013Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Moshe Menuhin reviews Arab-Israeli hostilities, comments on the Deir Yassin and Mount Scopus massacres, the assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte (Swedish UN mediator 1947-1948. assassinated by Zionist group Lehi), and the Israeli-French-British invasion of Egypt.
Israel and the West: Menuhin
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CE 014Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Israel and the West: MenuhinCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Menuhin comments on the policies of Western nation toward Israel/Palestine and the widening gap between US and West European attitudes toward the Middle East conflict.
Hassidism and the Route to Jerusalem: Menuhin
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CE 018Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Hassidism and the Route to Jerusalem: MenuhinCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Moshe Menuhin describes cultural context of Hassidic Jewish community in southern Russia near end of 19th century, and his family's move to Ottoman-ruled Palestine in 1904.
Anti-Zionist Fire-Bombing
Date: 10/10/1973Call Number: CE 190Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Ibrahim Tawasha, Palestinian refugee and director of the office for the Western Region of the Arab League describes having his grocery store fire-bombed by the Israeli Defense League.
Child of the Pogroms: Menuhin Tape #1
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CE 226Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Moshe Menuhin ReminscesCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Personal reminiscences by Moshe Menuhin of the anti-Jewish pogroms in Csarist Russia in the late 1800s and remarks on Dr. Theodor Herzl's founding of the Zionist movement and his bid for Csarist support.
Hassidism and the Route to Jerusalem: Menuhin #2
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CE 227Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Moshe Menuhin ReminscesCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Memories of the beliefs, rituals, restrictions, and culture of the Hassidic Jewish community in southern Russia around the end of the 19th century, and of the move of the Menuhin family to Ottoman-ruled Palestine.
Life in Old Palestine: Menuhin #3
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CE 228Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Moshe Menuhin ReminscesCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Recollections of growing up in the Jewish communities in Jerusalem and Jaffa/Tel Aviv in Arab Palestine and of the early Zionist activities there.
Zionism: From Basel to the Biltmore; Menuhin #4
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CE 229Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Moshe Menuhin ReminscesCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
A review of the program and practices of the Zionist movement from the time of the convening of the first Zionist Congress in Basel in 1897 to the issuing of the Biltmore Declaration in New York in 1942.
Jews Who Spoke Up: Menuhin #5
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CE 230Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Moshe Menuhin ReminscesCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Moshe Menuhin discusses a number of prominent figures in Jewish life who spoke out against what they considered to be contradictions to Judaic principles in the policies and practices of the Zionist movement.