One of the Foundation’s most significant undertakings was the creation of the “Ze’ev Jabotinsky Citadel” in Tel Aviv. What began as the Trumpeldor Club—home to the Beitar Movement (Revisionist Youth) in 1928 and a clandestine meeting place for Etzel underground fighters—grew into the formidable Jabotinsky House, a 14-story symbol of the movement. It was within these walls that Menachem Begin celebrated his historic 1977 electoral victory.

When construction of the Citadel commenced in 1935, the site lay on the fringe of the first Hebrew city. By the time of its completion and expansion in 1965, it had become an enduring central icon of Tel Aviv’s political and cultural landscape—the heart of the Revisionist and Herut movements. Today, the building serves as the headquarters of the Likud movement and houses three museums: the Jabotinsky Museum, the Etzel Museum, and the Museum of Fighters and Partisans.

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Hanukkah torch race in memory of the Maccabees, which started from the Maccabee cemeteries and from there reached the rest of the country. The idea to hold the race was influenced by the first torch race, held at the Berlin Olympics in 1936, but also by a description in the Mishnah about how messages were passed from settlement to settlement by lighting torches in ancient times in the Land of Israel.

The torch race expressed the values ​​advocated by the ‘Young Maccabi’ movement: love of country, existence of the people in their country, freedom, independence, and devotion to the cause. At that time it was a complex operation because the place where the torch was lit and the start of the race route were located near Arab settlements. The holding of the race despite the danger emphasized its symbolism, and the members of the ‘Young Maccabi’ insisted on holding it despite everything. This is how the newspaper ‘Davar’ described the course of the race, held on Friday (19.12.44): “At sunrise, they reached the Hasmonean tombs. After a short ceremony, a torch was lit that was carried by messengers to Tel Aviv… The desolate places were accepted by the “Maccabi” members who are busy teaching physical culture in the army divisions: Feizner, Al. Aterman, Miron Abramson, A. Kuritsky; And in the towns of the south, the members of the associations ran from Rehovot, Rishon, and Nes-Ziona… In S.A. over a hundred runners participated in the race. At four o’clock in the afternoon, the journey reached Tel Aviv and many gathered to see the spectacle. The runners, with the torch in their hands, passed through the main streets until they reached the Maccabi House on Maccabim Street.”

מרוץ הלפיד גדנע גדנ”ע חנוכה תש”ט כרזה פוסטר קום המדינה

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Macabi Haichud HaLeumi movement, 22, Meuchadim Lenizachon. Design: Richard Blass. Stroud printing press, Tel-Aviv, 1955.
Approx. 50X35 cm. Fair condition. Foxing. Mounted on thin paper

מכבי כרזה

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The torch race expressed the values ​​advocated by the ‘Young Maccabi’ movement: love of country, existence of the people in their country, freedom, independence, and devotion to the cause. At that time it was a complex operation because the place where the torch was lit and the start of the race route were located near Arab settlements. The holding of the race despite the danger emphasized its symbolism, and the members of the ‘Young Maccabi’ insisted on holding it despite everything. This is how the newspaper ‘Davar’ described the course of the race, held on Friday (19.12.44): “At sunrise, they reached the Hasmonean tombs. After a short ceremony, a torch was lit that was carried by messengers to Tel Aviv… The desolate places were accepted by the “Maccabi” members who are busy teaching physical culture in the army divisions: Feizner, Al. Aterman, Miron Abramson, A. Kuritsky; And in the towns of the south, the members of the associations ran from Rehovot, Rishon and Nes-Ziona… In S.A. over a hundred runners participated in the race. At four o’clock in the afternoon the journey reached Tel Aviv and many gathered to see the spectacle. The runners, with the torch in their hands, passed through the main streets until they reached the Maccabi House on Maccabim Street.”

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Among the prominent athletes at the gathering were: Mary Rand, Olympic champion (Tokyo 1964) and world record holder in the long jump, Yolanda Balash from Romania, Olympic champion and world record holder in the high jump, John Thomas from the United States, Olympic vice-champion and world record holder in the high jump, swimmer Kathleen Ellis from the United States, world record holder and Olympic champion (Tokyo 1964)

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The Communist Party in Israel was outlawed in 1965
Israel also severed ties with the Soviet Union at the time and closed the Soviet embassy in Israel.

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Jonah & the Whale Jaffa
Beautiful vintage poster designed by Jean David calling upon people from around the world to come and visit the young state of Israel. There’s a use of biblical motives emphasizes the connection of Israel to the holly places to all religions.

כרזה יונה הנביא והלויתן ביפו
פוסטר תיירות ישראל

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