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Diaspora
From medical school to the battlefield, he wound up in Siberia and China before America
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In Genie Milgrom’s family, hidden Jewish identity was preserved for generations in the food they ate
Middle East
A seventeenth century travelogue by a famous Sufi mystic describes a strange and surprising image of Ottoman Palestine
Amsterdam’s Portuguese Jewish community adopted a seemingly strange image from Medieval Christian art
Land of Israel
The sixth annual Docu.Text Documentary Film Festival will take place online from the 15th to the 25th of November, 2020
At Berlin’s Rykestrasse Synagogue, Fredi chanted Moses’ song of darkness and redemption
Judaism
How the biblical figure of Naamah evolved into a terrifying demon that rises from the depths of the sea to seduce the men of the world
A look at the miraculous tales and sacred biographies of Muhammad, in honor of “Mawlid”
The twentysomething officer had never been abroad nor worn a suit
After years in the Berlin Royal Opera, an aging Teréz Rothauser was sent to Theresienstadt
The Yom Kippur War of 1973 was utter chaos. Armored corps soldiers who joined the battle in the Valley of Tears on the Golan Heights were not familiar with the terrain and couldn’t find a proper map to guide them, so they improvised…
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