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What they said:
“I congratulate Lenny Ben-David on the publication of this major work illustrating over a century of American support for the Jews of the Holy Land. For over 30 years, Lenny and I have cooperated
on projects in our respective professional lives. His knowledge and experience dealing with U.S.-Israel relations, Middle East affairs, and Jewish history in Eretz Yisrael is rich and vast.
Amb. Dore Gold
From the beginning to the end – U.S. Senators visiting the Western Wall in the 1930s on the cover, to young Bobby Kennedy reporting on the 1948 Israeli Independence War in the last chapter – Lenny Ben-David’s essays and collection of more than 100 photographs portray the special relationship between the United States and the Jewish population of the Holy Land from a
unique and memorable perspective.
American Interests in the Holy Land Revealed in Early Photographs exposes the secrets that would otherwise have been hidden away by history: Chief Rabbi Abraham Kook visiting President Coolidge in the White House, the U.S. Navy’s evacuation of 6,000 Jews
from Jaô€ƒ·fa in 1915 before the Turks could expel them, the visit to a synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem by Lincoln’s Secretary of State William Seward in 1871, and more.
I first met Lenny Ben-David in 1997, when he was an Israeli diplomat in Washington. With this wonderful book, he continues to strengthen the bonds between the United States and Israel.
Senator Joseph L. Lieberman
Bio
Lenny Ben-David has been involved in the study and enhancement of U.S.-
Israel relations for 50 years.
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Ben-David served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Israel’s Embassy in Washington, D.C. for three years and consulted for foreign governments and corporations. He was the director of AIPAC’s Israel
office (The American Israel Public Affairs
Committee) for 15 years, and is the author
of Myths and Facts.
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He was a consultant for eastern European countries on conventional weapons neutralization.
Ben-David is a Fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, where he served as Director of Publications. He is the author of American Interests in the Holy Land Revealed in Photographs.
His next book is Secrets of World War I in the Holy Land.
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He and his wife, Shellie, live outside of Jerusalem, surrounded by their children and grandchildren, and growing cherries, plums, pomegranates, and grapes.
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They thank God for His grace and bounty every day.
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