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Graffiti in Daliat el-Carmel. Photo by Diana Bletter.

A taste of Druze culture and cuisine in Daliat el-Carmel

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The aroma of cardamom coffee wafts out of a spice shop. Teenage girls are walking home from school, some in jeans and Blundstone boots, others wearing traditional veils and skirts. A cell phone store...
The Royal Palace in Rabat, Morocco. Wizard8492/Shutterstock.

Moroccan King Mohammed VI creates new agencies for Jewish community

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Morocco’s government announced last week that “acting under royal instruction,” it will create several new initiatives aimed at strengthening the Jewish community there, preserving the Jewish cultural and historical connection, and improving ties with...
Second Grade students at the Nofei HaSela school on the first day back at school after the Summer holidays, in Ma'ale Adumim, September 1, 2017. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash9

New survey reveals Israel’s Mizrachim Jewish majority overlooked by school textbooks

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The majority of Jews in contemporary Israel are descendants of Jews who were expelled or fled from countries under Muslim rule between 1948 and 1967. Generally referred to as Mizrachim (from the East), they include...
In a new temporary exhibit, “Coffee: East and West,” the Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem pulls all those strands together to tell a compelling story of economic, social, religious and cultural significance, July 2021. Credit: Courtesy.

East meets West: Jerusalem exhibit displays coffee culture through the ages

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Coffee culture in Israel is as varied as the population. Bedouin hospitality dictates finely ground dark coffee served in tiny cups; Arabs will serve strong Turkish coffee often spiked with a dash of cardamom...
Israelis attend the annual Hebrew Book Week in Tel Aviv on June 9, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Pilot program aims to increase informal Hebrew education at summer camp

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The Jewish Agency for Israel has launched a pilot program to increase informal Hebrew education and raise awareness of the language at Jewish camps in the United States and France. As part of the program,...
Researcher Clinton Bailey interviews a Bedouin elder in 1972. Credit: Boris Carmi from the Meitar Collection at the National Library of Israel Archives.

Clinton Bailey Archive of Bedouin Culture comes to National Library of Israel

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Clinton Bailey has conducted research in the deserts of Sinai and the Negev over the past five decades, establishing himself as a world-renowned expert on the Bedouin. The Clinton Bailey Archive of Bedouin Culture is...
The flag of Morocco. Credit: Wikipedia.

US-Morocco MOU exempts Jewish ceremonial objects

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A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed last week between the United States and Morocco intended to protect Moroccan cultural property exempts Jewish objects. The MOU was signed on Jan. 14 by then-U.S. Ambassador to Morocco...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint press conference with former Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili in Jerusalem, on July 24, 2017. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem.

Netanyahu discusses free-trade measures with Georgia

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with his Georgian counterpart, Giorgi Gakharia, with the two leaders discussing advancing a free-trade agreement. According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the leaders “discussed the deepening of bilateral relations...
A view of Israel's Lotem Winery in the Galilee. Photo by Dror Arzi.

Israeli government makes wine a smart brand to export culture and identity abroad

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As Israel’s government ministries endeavor to represent and communicate the singularity and attractiveness of Israeli culture and industry to audiences abroad, wine has topped the list as one way to effectively represent Israeli culture...