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Land of Israel
Rachel Cohen-Kagan was one of the most prominent activists for the advancement of women’s rights in the young State of Israel. Her efforts led to her being among the signatories of the Declaration of Independence
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The story of how Marilyn Monroe stole the show at a celebratory match featuring Israeli and American soccer stars.
Diaspora
How did rare photographs of Polish Jews end up in a French soldier’s photo album?
Judaism
How the famous scholar of Kabbalah experimented with secret mystical techniques.
The story of how the first “blue and white” car got its name, and the answer to the age-old question: Do camels really like eating Susitas?
Diaspora, Land of Israel
The story of the prisoner of war, Julio Friedman, whose picture was identified by his family as part of the National Library’s ‘Naming the Soldiers’ project
A brilliant scientist as well as a prophet of doom counting down to the End of Days. A gifted physicist and a messianic mystic. Isaac Newton was a man of many contradictions.
The story of the fascinating figure who established the National Library’s collection of Arabic and Islamic works
Diaspora, Judaism
Rabbi Márton Schreiner, a religious educator, orientalist and scholar of Semitic languages, struggled against the Ethnic Cultural Movement’s intent to be substitute for Jewish religious life.
The discovery of boxes of forgotten materials in the Historical Archives of Belgrade sparked the creation of a touching series of historical graphic novels on the Holocaust
Zishe Breitbart was known as the “Modern Day Samson” and performed all over the world until his untimely death.
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