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“Mr. Shushani” reportedly knew the entire Hebrew Bible, Talmud and countless other texts by heart. His Nobel-laureate student never knew his real name.
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We decided to check, once and for all, whether gloves are necessary when handling rare manuscripts
Howard Kaplan looks back on his special relationship with his mentor – legendary Hollywood screenwriter and author, Michael Blankfort
These video testimonies from the Toldot Yisrael Collection offer a behind the scenes look at the story of the famous ship
A young girl, her soccer star brother, tragedy and the unknown
The little-known story of two immigrant professionals who acted quickly after the Nazi airship disaster
Some 35,000 volumes from dozens of communities and institutions across the country will be included
A collection of photographs received by the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People documents the lives of thousands of residents of the town of Bitola, who were sent to Treblinka in 1943
In the National Library of Israel’s Edelstein Collection, we discovered evidence of one of the world’s first modern washing machines, dating back to the 18th century
How Gary Wexler’s ads dealing with the Jewish world took risks and used controversial content to reach non-involved Jews
“Marceau started miming to keep children quiet as they were escaping”
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