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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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Diaspora
Sent 80 years ago, on the day World War II broke out, the greeting recently surfaced
Three years into their imprisonment in Africa, the exiles published a book documenting the detention from which they repeatedly tried to escape
The Jewish people have wandered the face of the globe, picking up various culinary traditions, rendering “Jewish food” into a wide and somewhat undefinable genre of cooking.
During the period of austerity which accompanied the early years of the State of Israel, the Hadassah organization fought to allow for the import of Bulgur to Israel from the United States.
European housewives who came to the Land of Israel as pioneers needed to learn how to make do with the ingredients available in their new homeland.
A shopping list found among the treasures of the Cairo Genizah was scrawled on the back of a rather important document.
Israel’s founding father won only four seats in his last Knesset run
Robert Lachmann – Between Orientalism and the East
At an assembly of the Nazi Party in September 1935, the Reichstag passed laws that stripped German Jews of their citizenship
Okay, two weddings, but this is still the strangest story you will have heard in a while…
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