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Everyone’s Story The Holy Land’s ancient vistas and treasures play a vital role in the identity and faith of many hundreds of millions the world over. Though certain biblical locations have gained World Heritage status,...

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In the Service of the Czar

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The Czar of Progress Peter I, also known as Peter the Great (1672–1725), is a controversial figure in Russian history. His admirers are as many and varied as his detractors, and his life and works...

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Mole Antonelliana Embossed on the obverse side of the two-cent Italian Euro coin, the Mole Antonelliana is one of the most famous buildings in Europe and the emblem of the city of Turin. Upon completion...

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The Pledge on the Mountain

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An Uphill Procession Etthiopia, on the eve of 29 Heshvan. From widely scattered villages, Jews flock to the foot of a designated mountain. Purified by bathing in the nearby river, after seven days of abstinence...

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The Pilgrims’ Progress

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First Century Pilgrimage It is difficult for us to imagine how the Biblical command of Aliya LeRegel, or pilgrimage, impacted on the lives of Jews some two thousand years ago. When we picture Pesach, we...

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Zionist with Cello

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Music Meets the Fields One foggy morning in 1878, as legend has it, four horseback riders cantered out of Jerusalem. Near the Arab village of Um-Labbes, where they’d hoped to found the first Zionist agricultural...

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When Shakespeare Spoke Yiddish

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In Yiddish, the Good Die Young In one of the opening scenes of Jewish American playwright Tony Kushner’s celebrated work Angels in America, which debuted in the U.S. in the early 1990s, a young Jew...

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The Night of the Murdered Poets

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On August 12, 1952, thirteen Soviet Jews convicted of espionage and treason were executed in Moscow’s Lubianika Prison. Their confessions had been extracted by torture. This group, known as “the Martyrs of the Soviet Union,”...

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1967 Declassified Comments

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Don't Even Think of Moving Fifty years after the Six-Day War and the reunification of Jerusalem, Israel’s state archives released the government protocols and stenographic records from the war. These choice quotations from the Ministerial...

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Heroes on the Walls of Haifa

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The First Crusade In 1071, the Byzantine Empire was dealt a crippling blow when a tribe of Mongolians conquered Anatolia, today a popular tourist destination in Turkey. The Seljuks, as they were called, had left...

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Red Rose of Petra

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Petra, the mysterious capital located in Jordan, is without a doubt the jewel in the Nabatean crown. Named for the red rock out of which it was carved (petrae is Latin for “rock”), the city...

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History Obliterated

In the Service of the Czar

Jewish? French? Italian!

The Pledge on the Mountain

The Pilgrims’ Progress

Zionist with Cello

When Shakespeare Spoke Yiddish

The Night of the Murdered Poets

1967 Declassified Comments

Heroes on the Walls of Haifa

Red Rose of Petra

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ללא קטגוריה

History Obliterated

In the Service of the Czar

Jewish? French? Italian!

The Pledge on the Mountain

The Pilgrims’ Progress

Zionist with Cello

When Shakespeare Spoke Yiddish

The Night of the Murdered Poets

1967 Declassified Comments

Heroes on the Walls of Haifa

Red Rose of Petra

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