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Haman’s Pockets

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Purim Powidl The triangular pastries that developed in Central Europe and spread eastward beyond the Carpathian Mountains have in recent generations become a central Purim motif. Known in Hebrew as oznei haman, or Haman’s ears,...
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Mum’s the Word

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Unehelich The friendly American yeshiva student who frequented the Central Archives to research his Bavarian ancestors found quite a few, but he was disturbed by the notation in a birth registry next to the name...
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Damned If You Do

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Weary and Drained Germany’s surrender to the Allied forces in May 1945 marked the official end of World War II. Soldiers returned home, and Europe set about rebuilding itself. Germany was divided into zones controlled...
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