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An aerial view of the steel structure at Tel Shimron supporting the corridor to the corbelled vault. Credit: Eyecon.

Rare ancient mudbrick passageway found in Jezreel Valley

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A mudbrick passageway dating back nearly four millennia has been uncovered in northern Israel’s Jezreel valley, archaeologists revealed on Thursday. The completely intact 3,800-year-old monumental passageway, which was discovered at Tel Shimron, is the first...
The 2023 winner and finalists of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature (from left): Max Gross, Iddo Gefen, Daniella Zamir, Mikołaj Grynberg, Sean Gasper Bye and Anna Solomon. Credit: Courtesy.

Jerusalem ceremony celebrates 2023 Sami Rohr Prize winner, finalists

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Iddo Gefen, a neuroscience researcher and writer, was honored on Tuesday in Jerusalem for his debut short-story collection Jerusalem Beach, which won the $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Daniella Zamir was recognized for her translation, for...

A Talk about Jewish San Diego at Yiddishland

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I’ve been invited by Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh, the energetic, entrepreneurial founder of the Yiddish Academic and Arts Association of North America (YAAANA), to discuss Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5 at her Yiddishland site at...
Israel's Noa Kirel at the Eurovision Song Contest final in Liverpool, May 13, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Israeli pop star Noa Kirel to play Madison Square Garden

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Israeli pop star Noa Kirel will perform at New York City's Madison Square Garden next June, local media reported on Tuesday. According to the reports, Kirel's team has paid a deposit to hold the venue...
Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.

Dry Bones: Ping pong

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Today's cartoon predicts what I think will be the next phase in the battle between Israel's Supreme Court and Knesset. But is it a battle between two branches of the government, or between two strong...
Kids participate in an archeological dig at Tel Maresha in Beit Guvrin, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Israel’s Lachish region, Aug. 7, 2023. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS.

Photo Essay: Israeli kids are archaeologists for a day

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Israel is rich in antiquities waiting to be discovered, and what better time than summer break for children to get a chance to become archaeologists for a day? The Institute for Archaeological Seminars at Beit...
Youth leader Aviv Weizman holds the "magical mirror" plaque she discovered at Usha. Photo by Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority.

Teen discovers 1,500-year-old ‘magic mirror’ at Galilee excavation

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A teenage student uncovered a 1,500-year-old “magical mirror” from the Byzantine period this week during an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation at the ancient site of Usha in northern Israel. Aviv Weizman, from Kiryat Motzkin, near Haifa, was...
Israeli actress Gal Gadot, star and producer of the Netflix film “Red Notice.” Source: Screenshot.

Ahead of new Netflix show, Gal Gadot shares thoughts on her career

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Gal Gadot's first Hollywood audition was for the role of a James Bond girl in "Quantum of Solace," alongside Daniel Craig. Although Gadot did not get the role, now, a decade and a half...
A depiction of the Jewish Cultural Center to be built in Baku, Azerbaijan. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2024. Credit: Courtesy.

Jewish Cultural Center to be built in Azerbaijan

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A Jewish Cultural Center will be constructed in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku near the city's main synagogue, Azerbaijani officials announced on Thursday. The center will include Jewish and Bible classes, a Sunday School for...
A street in the old medina of Tétouan in northern Morocco. Photo by Swiss aviator and photographer Walter Mittelholzer (1928) via Wikimedia Commons.

Rediscovering the graves of three ‘esteemed’ Moroccan rabbis after 60 years

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The tombs of three celebrated 17th- and 18th-century rabbis—Jacob Ben Malca, Hasday Almosnino and Jacob Marrache—have been rediscovered after more than 60 years at a cemetery in Tétouan in northern Morocco. Renewed knowledge of the...