Edy Cohen grew up in Beirut, and witnessed first-hand the disintegration of Lebanese society, during a period of civil war and terrorist attacks. His family paid a heavy price and was left with no choice but to leave the country. Cohen’s personal testimony is part of the Sephardi Voices Collection, now housed at the National Library of Israel.
The Botched Hit That Sparked the First Lebanon War
The failed attempt on Ambassador Shlomo Argov’s life led to one of the most complicated and difficult episodes in Israel’s history
When Jews From the Land of Israel Vacationed in Lebanon
There was a time when Lebanon’s coastal cities and snowy peaks were leading tourist destinations for the Jewish residents of Mandatory Palestine
The Heroine Who Rescued Jewish Girls from Lebanon and Syria
The riots of the “Farhud” in Iraq convinced Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi that time was running out for Jews living in Arab countries in the 1940s
Captives in Lebanon: The Story of the “Marine Carp”
How Israel’s declaration of independence shaped the fate of 69 Jews on an American passenger ship
