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When scientists found 2000 year-old plant seeds buried deep inside the ancient fortress of Masada, no one dared hope that they would lead to the recultivation of one of the most powerful trees in Israel. This is the story of Methuselah, the 18-year-old tree sprouted from biblical roots!
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Diaspora, מרגש
A leading theory ties the identity of the insect from Franz Kafka’s classic “The Metamorphosis” to the author’s Hebrew teacher
Land of Israel, מרגש
Robert Lachmann – Between Orientalism and the East
Okay, two weddings, but this is still the strangest story you will have heard in a while…
“I am neither a mathematician nor a physicist, but I have, nevertheless, discovered a fantastic philosophical method that I will soon be publishing under the title ‘The Logic of the World.’”
What (or who) do Mr. Halperin, Rabbi Sassover, and Dr. Konigshoffer have in common? How the head of the Irgun evaded capture by the British Police, time and again
In his first year at university, Kafka discovered a talent for drawing
The documents include Kafka’s manuscripts of the uncompleted story “Wedding Preparations in the Country”, a notebook for learning Hebrew, hundreds of personal letters, sketches, and more
The story of how Marilyn Monroe stole the show at a celebratory match featuring Israeli and American soccer stars
Judaism, מרגש
A brilliant scientist as well as a prophet of doom counting down to the End of Days. A gifted physicist and a messianic mystic. Isaac Newton was a man of many contradictions.
A century has passed since the Fall of Tel Hai; This is the story of Abraham Melnikoff’s Roaring Lion sculpture
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