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Jewish book festival spans mystery to memoir

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Have cooling temperatures left you longing to curl up with a good book? The Northwest Ohio Jewish Book Festival has a few recommendations. Like, say, Beverly Gray’s Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How ‘The Graduate’ Became the Touchstone...
Warner Brothers dominated panels and this section of the exhibit hall at Comic-Con (Photo: Shor M. Masori)

Warner Brothers’ dominates Comic- Con 2018

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SAN DIEGO — Because three of the biggest pop culture staples, Marvel, Star Wars, and Game of Thrones, were absent this year, the recently concluded Comic-Con felt much quieter and much less abuzz with...
The ancient synagogue in Baram (Wikimedia Commons)

Israeli attractions: Inside the Baram Synagogue

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Close to the Lebanese border in the upper Galilee is the Baram National Park, located on the Sasa-Bar’am road route 899, which is home to the Baram synagogue. Synagogue remains throughout the Galilee bear witness...

Israeli attractions: Givat Sher, the Judean lowhills

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In the town of Modi’in, which is situated between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, lies Givat Sher (“The hill of Sher”). At the base of the hill to the east are the remains of Um-el-Umdan, one...