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Seed from biblical home of Goliath sheds light on Philistine rituals

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A team of Israeli archaeologists and archaeobotanists have overseen the reconstruction of plants used in three-thousand-year-old Philistine rituals at the central Israel site identified as the home of the biblical Goliath, providing a unique...

Apple+ drama on fashion guru Coco Chanel glosses over Nazi collaboration

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“The New Look,” a new TV program on the streaming service Apple+, explores World War II decisions made by founders of clothing lines that are worth billions today. The show dramatizes the lives of Christian...

‘I suggest you all do it’: Tiffany Haddish urges visiting Israel

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In an Instagram Live video she shot after boarding a plane to Israel on Tuesday, actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish described the purpose of her trip, calling it “educational.” “I need to go see for myself, I’m one of those people,”...

Rare limestone box from Second Temple era uncovered in Jerusalem

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A rare multi-compartment stone container dating back around 2,000 years has been revealed to the public for the first time at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The box, carved from soft limestone, measures 30 x...

Jews must tell their own stories in all their complexity

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When I was a child, my grandmother called me her “little shiksa.” In Yiddish, shiksa means a non-Jewish woman. This was meant as a compliment. My grandmother was a glamorous woman who knew a thing or two...

National Library of Israel preserving ‘collective memory’ of Oct. 7

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The National Library of Israel has embarked on a massive project to collect and archive all published materials about the Oct. 7 massacre, both the good and the bad. While scholars and the curious public...

Mitch Albom’s new Holocaust novel is about ‘price we pay for the lies we...

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On a visit to Yad Vashem 10 years ago, Mitch Albom, the sports journalist turned inspirational book author, was struck by a story that emerged from one of the video displays. “A woman was saying...

Florida Holocaust Museum to permanently house Elie Wiesel’s personal collection

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The Florida Holocaust Museum and the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity announce that the museum has been chosen as the permanent home of Elie Wiesel’s entire collection, including his Nobel Prize, the entire contents of his personal office...

‘Is this the little play I carried?’: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ turns 60

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As the Good Book says … The musical “Fiddler on the Roof” first proclaimed Shalom Aleichem to Broadway audiences in 1964, with Zero Mostel belting out the iconic “If I Were a Rich Man” song as Tevye...

Mandy Patinkin Headlines San Diego’s ‘JFest’ June 4

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Broadway’s master songman, Mandy Patinkin, accompanied by Adam Ben-David on piano, will bring his newest theatre concert Mandy Patinkin in Concert: BEING ALIVE, to Balboa Theatre on Tuesday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m. This powerful...