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Diaspora
World-renowned designer Josef Frank rebelled against artistic norms, delivered scathing critiques of fellow artists, and was repeatedly forced to defend his identity. Despite this, he became one of the most famous, if also one of the most controversial, Jewish designers in history.
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Diaspora, מרגש
Among the National Library of Israel’s treasures is a book that changed the face of the nascent printing industry, by incorporating spectacular woodcuts alongside the text. Written by Hartmann Schedel, the book systematically describes the history of the world and of the human race, while also documenting antisemitism over the centuries
Rare items from the Carl Ehrenstein Archive
Land of Israel, מרגש
Three years into their imprisonment in Africa, the exiles published a book documenting the detention from which they repeatedly tried to escape
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
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.
Rare pictures: This is what Jerusalem looked like 150 years ago
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