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Brown University project is digitizing 10,000 ancient Israel inscriptions

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A 1,500 to 2,100-year-old Hebrew text from Jerusalem refers to “Shalom, mother of the synagogue.” And two burial niche inscriptions from Beit She’arim in the Galilee, both dated 250 to 350 C.E., refer in Greek to “Sara daughter...
Alan and Amy Meltzer. Credit: Center for Israel Studies.

‘The Six-Day War changed my life,’ says Alan Meltzer, whose name adorns American University’s...

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American University’s Center for Israel Studies is now the Meltzer Schwartzberg Center for Israel Studies, recognizing an April 16 joint “multimillion-dollar commitment” from Alan—a trustee at the private university in Washington, D.C.—and Amy Meltzer, and...
The dedication of the Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza at 16th and Arch Streets on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. The sculpture on the left, Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs by Holocaust survivor Nathan Rapoport, was originally dedicated at this site in 1964. Credit: Campramah via Wikimedia Commons.

Open call for artists to design mural for Philadelphia Holocaust memorial

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Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation issued an open call to artists to design a 2,000-foot mural to be a part of the city’s Holocaust memorial. The site is home to a 1964 statue that reportedly...
Rabbi Harold Kushner in his office on Jan. 5, 2021. Credit: Cult of Maximilian via Wikimedia Commons.

Rabbi Harold Kushner, 88, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People’

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Rabbi Harold Kushner, bestselling author and rabbi of 24 years at the Conservative Temple Israel Natick, Mass., where he earned the title rabbi laureate, died on April 27. He was 88 years old. “He was...
Historical marker in Knoxville, Tenn., for Roddie Edmonds, Nov. 12, 2020. Credit: Jrryjude via Wikimedia Commons.

Congressional bills aim to give highest honor to ‘Righteous Gentile’ Roddie Edmonds

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Both houses of Congress reintroduced legislation this week to honor the late Roddie Edmonds, who put his life in danger to save Jews during World War II and the Holocaust, and is one of...
Yiddishland storefront on La Jolla’s Wall Street (Photo: Ben Dishman)

Polish Jewish Yiddishist Seeks Revival of Easter European Jewish Culture

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Editor’s Note: This is the ninth chapter in Volume 2 of Editor Emeritus Donald H. Harrison’s 2022 trilogy, “Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5.” All three books may be purchased from Amazon.com or...
Soldiers place flags on the graves of fallen comrades at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 23, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel commemorates fallen heroes as state marks Memorial Day

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Israel began marking Memorial Day on Monday night as a one-minute commemorative siren sounded across the country. Fifty-nine Israeli soldiers fell in the line of duty in the past year, and an additional 86 disabled...
David Caspi. Photo by Avi Kumar.

‘I can spit on the canal,’ radioed first tank to reach the Suez in...

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David Caspi still remembers the signal phrase 56 years later: “red blanket.” At the time, he could not have known that when he led his tank unit—Division 200—towards the Suez Canal, the conflict would...
“The Mandalorian” logo smartphone based on a web television series. United States, Jan. 18, 2020. Credit: Daniel Constante/Shutterstock.

Yom Ha’atzmaut echoes in ‘The Mandalorian’

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Eagle-eyed fans of the Disney series “The Mandalorian” and television writers have noted several instances when the show (the third season ended on April 19), which develops characters similar to those in “Star Wars,”...
Yehonatan Geffen. Source: Twitter.

Israeli cultural icon Yehonatan Geffen dies at 76

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Israeli literary, musical and overall cultural icon Yehonatan Geffen died on Wednesday aged 76. “It is hard to imagine the existence of Israeli art, our anthems, the worlds of literature and theater without his unique...