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He visited the Bank of England and met the Chief Cashier, who presented him with one of the notes which he had forged in the concentration camp more than sixty years earlier.
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All his children were born to non-Jewish mothers, but Douglas insists they were "aware culturally" of his "deep convictions," and he never tried to influence their own religious decisions.
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'For the first time, we can state with certainty the name of the Roman prefect of Judea during the critical period leading up to the Bar Kochva revolt.'
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'Anti-Semitism, hatred, internal strife are all ancient elements of our historical destiny – always problematic. […] We must therefore look for a way out; we must be brave to remain within our destiny. If Judaism is a tragedy, let us live it.'
An international workshop hosted by Yad Vashem's Mirilashvili Center
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According to Chabad, the way to "bring the messiah" is by spreading Hasidic teaching, so that once every land has in it Jews capable of Hasidic meditation and action, redemption must come next.
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“It literally happened on the last day of the excavation, when right in front of our eyes and the of the thrilled students, an unusual ceramic vessel c. 18 cm high was exposed, bearing the image of a person."
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Some 50 years ago, real estate developer Fredrick Trump was among the main donors to the Beach Haven Jewish Center at 723 Ave. Z in Flatbush, NY.
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On December 23, 2015, Yad Vashem posthumously recognized Marie and Joseph Andries as Righteous Among the Nations.
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Interestingly, Netanyahu’s most ardent foe these days, Ehud Barak, served the shortest term in office as Prime Minister: eight months and one day.
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When it opens officially, in early 2017, the museum's permanent collection will focus on the "Holocaust by Bullets."
If you ask “What are you” – you destroy the world. If you ask “Who are you?” you build the world…” (Shlomo Carlebach).
Dr. Irit Ziffer identified a pendant with an eight-pointed star as representing both Ishtar, the Mesopotamian East Semitic goddess of fertility, love, war, sex and power, as well as the Chinese moon god of the Akkadian culture.
Who would desecrate the tomb of King David's son Absalom, in the ancient Kidron Valley? But someone has...
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The committee began its investigations in 1995, following bloody clashes in Passover of 1994, between the followers of a Yemenite Rabbi and police.
Rare documents on sale at Kedem Auction House reveal new depths to our greatest thinkers.
The PA told UNESCO that the Dead Sea Scrolls are part of THEIR heritage!
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Bernard Shapero said that “the whole exhibition shows the positive side of Judaism. There’s no Holocaust material or anti-Semitic material, which forms a large part of collecting in this field.”
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"The money that modern forgers and dealers can make on modern forgeries is astronomical, consistently in the five and six figure range. The motivation is strong."
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In a complex enforcement operation, IAA inspectors seized a papyrus with the earliest reference to Jerusalem in an extra-biblical document, dating back to the time of the Kingdom of Judah.
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Bidders are required to agree to place the object on public exhibition, as per a stipulation by the Israel Antiquities Authority, which designated the artifact a "National Treasure" of Israel.
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Fascinating evidence of breaking through Jerusalem’s Third Wall at the end of the Second Temple period was discovered in an excavation where the new Bezalel campus will be built.
75 years after the obliteration of Kiev’s 33,771 Jews - in less than 36 hours – Ukrainian and Israeli officials teamed up to host an evening in their memory.
UNESCO has adopted the controversial resolution advanced by the Palestinian Authority obliterating the historic link between Judaism and Jerusalem's holy sites.
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Among the many artifacts on display will be breathtaking mosaics, laboratories for the treatment of artifacts, the Dead Sea scrolls, intriguing, 7,000 year-old objects, and an audiovisual presentation projected in the National Treasures center.
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The cartoon was published amid news that the Australian LGBTIQ community shut down a meeting of traditional marriage groups planned for the Mecure Sydney Airport Hotel.
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Minister Miri Regev said “the uncovering of these finds joins a long list of discoveries that enlighten us about our historic past, a past that is manifested in our country’s soil and in the writings of the Book of Books.”
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In today's digital age, such film footage is particularly compelling and stirring, granting us a glimpse into a living memory of a world that was – and is no longer.
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The exhibition uses the golem figure to examine topics like creativity, creation, power, and redemption.
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A scientific research paper further unveils the unique technological methods used for revealing the biblical text in an ancient scroll dated back to late antiquity.
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As part of a project being led by the IAA and aimed at educating young people about their past, dozens of boys and girls were engaged in the challenging work of unearthing the coastal city’s past.
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Lady Meyer was a socially concerned philanthropist supporting working class women, underprivileged families, and women’s suffrage.
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The coin probably came from one of the rich 2000-year old Jewish dwellings which the UNC Charlotte team have been uncovering at the site.
By Chabad.org
This is the story of how a handful of young Hassidim set out to build a global communications network in the era before Periscope, Skype, VoIP, or even satellite or Cable TV.
By Rachel Gross
Special postcards from Israel sell for hundreds of dollars.
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Friedman recalled, "On the way home, another sailor kissed me, just one on the cheek and went on his way. The sailors were especially happy."
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The timing of the revelation did not escape PA Arab representatives, who have been flooding Israeli media Thursday morning with profuse denials of the charges.
When the first pioneers came to Kedumim 40 years ago, there was nothing. "The conditions were very hard," they said... but they came because it was "the land of our forefathers."
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This year, Jews will mourn both the losses of 9/11 and the bastardizing of our sacred tradition by semi-literate nomads with no respect for the truth.
Israeli archaeologists will present to the public the new evidence recently uncovered of the truth of the Biblical kingdom of David.
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Among the many artifacts is a hand grenade that was common in Israel during the Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk periods.
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Tadeusz Slowikowski, 86, is responsible for the Nazi gold train rumor and has spent much of his time since the 1950s searching for that train.
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The state of mind of "I can't do it" is the cause of defeat. That's the root of the destruction, said march organizer Yehudit Katsover.
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The New finds precede the earliest mosaics discovered at the site by a hundred years.
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Jews competed in the most coveted sporting competitions throughout Europe, including the Olympics.
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"A terrible poison is spreading," the French PM cautions. "Slowly, insidiously, against the background of influences from abroad ... developed against a model of society which contradicts the Republic and its values."
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Hazor is the largest biblical-era site in Israel, covering some 200 acres, and has been recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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Images portray Noah’s ark and animals, chaotic parting of Red Sea
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In the immortal words of FDR, when someone asked him about the wisdom of supporting Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza, “He may be an SOB but he’s our SOB.”
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It seems that Bavaria thought restitution meant restitution to the Nazis rather than to their victims.
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The Raelians use the swastika as a symbol of peace, which has kept them from being allowed into Israel, where they wished to establish an embassy for extraterrestrials.
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"It's time to expose the truth behind this shocking episode, an episode that is a black stain on the history of the State of Israel."
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The first ghetto's area was defined by two gates which were opened in the morning to the sound of the bell in St. Mark’s belfry, and closed at midnight by four Christian keepers, paid by the Jews.
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Hanning's lawyer, Johannes Salmen, said he plans to appeal, because his client "will not be fit for a custodial sentence. That means he will not have to go to jail."
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"It's very sad that the prime minister and the media follow misinformation."
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Bakst preferred to live in western Europe because, as a Jew, he did not have the right to live permanently outside the Pale of Settlement. One of his students was Marc Chagall.
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Popular linguist Avshalom Kor on Thursday morning offered an explanation, siding with the reporters and chiding their editors.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
“The Camera Man,” exhibition at the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem is on display from May 26 — December 12, 2016.
By Edwin Black
In Arabic, Farhud means “violent dispossession.” This forgotten Holocaust-era pogrom was the first step toward the extinguishing the 27 centuries of Jewish life in Iraq.
The tank was used by the IDF during the Battle of Sultan Yacoub during the First Lebanon War. On June 10, 1982 it was captured by the Syrian army and eventually transported to the Soviet Union.
20 years ago today, on May 29, 1996, Benjamin Netanyahu was voted in for the first time as Prime Minister of Israel, beating out Shimon Peres in direct elections.
Goldie Michelson, 113, is the oldest American and oldest Jew in the world.
By Tzvi Fishman
A Holocaust can transpire by mass murder or mass assimilation. Regardless, to save the Jewish People, it is time for our exiles to come home.
By JNi.Media
The mass gathering was accompanied by trumpet blasts sounded by silver trumpets made by the Temple Institute for use in the Holy Temple.
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Shai Gross was awarded with the Shalva Spirit of Hope award in recognition of how he had met his personal challenges and used that experience to help others.
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The raising of the ink flag is as meaningful to most Israelis as the Iwo Jima scene is to most Americans.
A small community in northern Israel is home to a winery built in a former Syrian military bunker.
One author interviewed multiple random university students to find out what they knew about World War II. The answer: Almost nothing.
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Tired of the society of plenty with its self-adulation? Hitler believed that "mankind has grown strong in eternal struggle, and only in eternal peace does it perish."
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Eran Laor (née Erich Landstein) was the manager of a shipping company in Haifa who accumulated an enormous collection of some 4,500 maps.
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The congregation was served at one point by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, who later went on to become Chief Rabbi of the UK.
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These are the personal accounts of how the Jews of Europe celebrated the Festival of Lights before, during and after one of the darkest chapters in modern history.
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This external evidence further establishes the veracity of the biblical account of the nation of Israel’s empires going back some 3,000 years.
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Thousands of pocket bibles were made in the 13th century.. The origin of the parchment — often called ‘uterine vellum’ — has been a source of longstanding controversy. Until now...
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The seeds found in the prehistoric sites indicate that the human diet consisted mainly of fava beans, lentils, various types of beans and chickpeas, the main ingredient in hummus.
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Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels urged the gang to take to the streets in familiar Nazi fashion, with the message: the Jews must pay for vom Rath’s death.
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The town was originally named Castrillo Motajudíos (Hill of Jews Camp) in 1035, when Jews fleeing a pogrom settled there.
Shoshana Selavan, chairperson of the Old City's Jewish Quarter community, launches a new column on Jewish Life in the Old City.
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August 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the lynching of Leo Frank on Elul 6, 5675, August 6, 1915.
There was a time when the ruler of Iran (Persia) actually liked Israel...
After decades of legal wrangling, the Tel Aviv District Court last Wednesday awarded custody of the estate of Max Brod, Franz Kafka's friend and publisher, to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The 2,600-year-old site lies just 10 miles from the regional frontline of Islamic State.
At stake are a pair of silver Torah ornaments worth over $7 million.
Samuel the Prophet passed away on the 28th of Iyar, which is today.
The modern state of Israel is 67 years old. We, the People of Israel, celebrate our 3,327th birthday tonight.
14 years ago, a PA Arab terrorist targeted and murdered the 10-month-old Jewish baby.
The Minerva Center for the Relations between Israel and Aram in Biblical Times: The Construct of Autonomous Decision Making and Interdependencies” the Minerva Center is being awarded by the Minerva Foundation.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Until now we had been unable to tell the complete story of the Babylon Exile and to understand what actually happened to all the Jewish refugees once they were forced out of Judah.
This week marks the 46th anniversary of the Supersol Agron bombing attack in Jerusalem. Two Jewish students died.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Fifteen Auschwitz survivors, aged 80-94, returned this morning, Monday January 26, to the infamous death camp, Auschwitz, some for the first time.