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In memory of Haim Sturman, Aharon Etkin & Dr. David Mosensohn : Gan Hashlosha (Sahne)
Street signs in Israel bear names of individuals, past and present, who have contributed significantly to the nation’s development. Using street signs as direction, this series will briefly introduce the leading personalities in Israeli history. [Full article...]By: Rochelle Mass
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Museums and Memorials
People > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Iraqi Jews in Israel: Two Iraqi Jewish Museums in Israel
The first of two articles on Iraqi Jewry in Israel, this article explores Iraqi aliyah to Israel and the Shavuot pogrom that helped to trigger it through two Israeli museums dedicated to this community. [Full article...]By: Sue Tourkin-Komet
Jews Around the World
Museums and Memorials
Treasure Trove: The Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem
The Bible Lands Museum contains a wealth of ancient artifacts. Mordechai Beck introduces us to the collection and the man behind it. [Full article...]By: Mordechai Beck
Museums and Memorials
Going Against the Tide : Danish Educators in Israel
The threat of an Iraqi attack, the ongoing intifada and stormy weather could not stop a group of seventeen Danish educators from attending a seminar on the Holocaust organized by Yad Vashem in Jerusalem recently. [Full article...]By: Batsheva Pomerantz
Holocaust
Museums and Memorials
A Visit to Poland: A Voyage to Zionism
This trip during summer break was not meant for fun and relaxation. It was the massa l'Polin, Hebrew for "voyage to Poland", undertaken by thousands of Israeli students in their senior year. [Full article...]By: Batsheva Pomerantz
Education
Holocaust
Museums and Memorials
The Jews of Warsaw: 'And Then?...After?' 'There is no Then! There is no After!'
Warsaw often brings up associations of death and destruction. However, Warsaw has a long and varried Jewish history and continues to house a Jewish community. In the following article, Stanley Mann explores all of these aspects of Warsaw with us. [Full article...]By: Stanley Mann
Holocaust
Jews Around the World
Museums and Memorials
Part 2: Jaffa Today
As we mentioned in the previous article, the city of Jaffa sits on layers of history. As with all modern restorations, the real issue for planners and local municipalities is what items to retain and what to discard for historical reasons as well as for the tourists. In addition, it is important to retain some sense of continuity between the old and new. What follows is an attempt to show how the authorities have tried to create a balance between these various dimensions of the city, even as the city itself expands and develops. [Full article...]By: Mordechai Beck
Israel > Places of Israel
Museums and Memorials
Tel Chai : The Lion's Dame
When my sons planned their big event of the summer, kayaking on the Jordan River in the Hula Valley (a former swamp in northern Israel), they didn't realize that I was planning a rendezvous with a piece of my own history, which links up with a major symbol from the history of pre-State Israel. [Full article...]By: Batsheva Pomerantz
Israel > Places of Israel
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Museums and Memorials
Part 1: The Magic of Jaffa
As this short excerpt demonstrates, the city of Jaffa has had a long and varied history. Like the rest of the country, it was open to all the various civilizations that swept back and forth through this area for the purposes of trade, international communication or conquest. Had today’s city council wished it, the entire area of Jaffa would be one vast excavation – so numerous are its findings! [Full article...]By: Mordechai Beck
Israel > Places of Israel
Museums and Memorials
Events and Activities Ideas: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. - January 15 1929
Each year on January 15th, the nation takes time to remember and celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. While it has been over 30 years since the assassination of one of the most famous and instrumental leaders of the 20th century, we take the time to honor a man whose pursuit of justice and equality helped to shape the direction of the United States as a nation where all people are viewed as equal regardless of their race, color, or religion. [Full article...]By: 12th House
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