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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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David Friedmann’s daughter traveled the globe searching for his famous drawings, lost for decades
1871 article: “Hardly anybody knows that war affects the weather strongly and causes heavy rain falls, strong winds, thunder and lightning.”
Local landmarks approved for demolition
30 years after his death, the Nobel laureate’s village is being rebuilt, including a massive replica of a synagogue that was never there
From the surrender of Spain to the court of Suleiman the Magnificent and beyond, they were there
“He was like a character out of a book. He was like something somebody wrote.”
A different kind of redemption from Greek tyranny
A klezmer-infused children’s book inspired by journeys to the Eastern Bloc and the Black Sea
After hundreds of years underground, Jewish life on the Spanish island is reawakening
A glimpse of Hannah Senesh’s childhood writings
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