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Diaspora
“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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Human bones and broken tombstones were used as building materials, desecrating 500 years of Jewish history and half a million gravestones.
The very public Jewish roots of Captain America, the first superhero to punch Hitler in the face!
One of the most despicable books in human history ever published is Mein Kampf. This is the story of Sein Kampf (His Struggle, An Answer to Hitler), and the woman who wrote it.
When Rachel Félix met her childhood idol, the famous writer Alexandre Dumas, she could not contain her excitement. It didn’t last.
When a friend of Madam Curie invited her for a short holiday in Morges, Switzeland, she had to politely decline.
On November 2nd, 1917, a declaration that changed the course of history was published.
Diaspora, Land of Israel
Levi Yitzchak Schneersohn is not the first name which enters our minds when we hear the name N.I.L.I, but his diary gives us a glimpse into the activities of the first Jewish espionage organization in the Yishuv.
The famed escape artist, illusionist, and séance buster, was also intensely proud of his Judaism.
Photographs of the life and work of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, as a politician and family man.
In 1883 Lazarus wrote the poem that greets new immigrants to America till this very day.
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