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Professor Yuval Gadot from Tel Aviv University with the seal. Credit: Shai Halevy, Israel Antiquities Authority.

Excavations in Jerusalem dredge up a seal impression from after First Temple

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A double stamp impression on a bulla and a seal made of used pottery shreds discovered in the City of David may indicate that despite the plight of Jerusalem after the destruction of the...
Banai family on the rooftop of 13 Agas St., Jerusalem, 1949. Credit: Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi Photographic Archives.

‘Building’ Jerusalem: Tower of David exhibit features cultural icons

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Museums are in crisis all over the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the loss of visitor revenue, many smaller museums are being forced to close, and larger ones are postponing reopenings because...

June 24, 1900: Raphaël Lemkin, the man who made genocide a crime, was born

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When he was a child, Raphael Lemkin feared exactly three things: needing glasses, losing his hair and becoming a refugee. By September 1939, all three had materialized, as he made his way across eastern...

Online Class with Yale Strom: “From Rajisthan to the World, the History and Culture...

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The Great Thinkers Yale Strom: From Rajisthan to the World, the History and Culture of the Roma Online Class This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details...

Vera Lynn, the voice of resistance against the Nazis, dies

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Vera Lynn, who sang the songs that touched the hearts and lifted the spirits of Britons from the bomb-blitzed streets of London and Coventry to the sands of North Africa and the jungles of...
One of the most famous pictures of Jews being rounded up by Nazi Germans during the Holocaust, this from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in May 1943. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

‘We are here’: Virtual concert to honor 77th anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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The Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Sing for Hope and Lang Lang International Music Foundation will present the program “We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience,...

June 11: The 40-Hour Week

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The 12,000-strong New York Furriers’ Union, a heavily Jewish union led by the hard-hitting Ben Gold, ended a half year of striking, lock-outs, police brutality, and red-baiting to win a contract on this date...

A Tale of Freedom

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The riots throughout the United States and in cities around the world, protesting the killing of George Floyd, trigger recollections of the sometimes violent freedom protests during the Civil Rights Movement in America in...
A visa issued by former Japanese diplomat Saburo Nei, dated February 28, 1941, and found in April 2020. Photo: Courtesy of Akira Kitade.

Evidence Emerges of ‘Second Japanese Schindler’ Who Rescued Jews From Nazi Persecution

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Evidence has emerged of a second Japanese diplomat who provided visas to European Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, raising the prospect that further undiscovered heroes are waiting to be recognized. Saburo Nei — who served as...

June 8, 1912: Universal Pictures was incorporated by Carl Laemmle

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Universal Pictures was incorporated on this date in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, a German-born pioneer of the American film industry. Laemmle (pronounced lem-lee) was one of the first entrepreneurs to buy up nickelodeons and...