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Diaspora
With the birth of the State of Israel, over 850,000 Jews were forced to leave the Arab and Islamic world. In Yemen, however, this was not the first time a mass immigration to Israel had taken place. More than three decades earlier, with the help of a young man named Shmuel Yavnieli, over 1,500 Yemenite Jews started their own journey to the Land of Israel, and embarked on a voyage largely untold…
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Judaism
The six pointed star represents peace and harmony in Buddhism, while alchemists believed it symbolized nature—how did the Star of David acquire its significance in Judaism?
Land of Israel, מרגש
Noam Nachman-Tepper seeks to dispute the accepted narrative surrounding the capture of Eli Cohen.
In 1867, Mark Twain made a visit to the Land of Israel. What did Twain think of the Holy Land? Join us as we trace his journey.
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
“Marceau started miming to keep children quiet as they were escaping”
The famed escape artist, illusionist, and séance buster, was also intensely proud of his Judaism.
What if you found a vaccine for a deadly disease and no one believed you? What if your only option was to inject yourself with a weakened strain and hope for the best?
Land of Israel
The story of how the Jewish-Canadian singer-songwriter ended up singing for soldiers and crossing the Suez Canal with the IDF during one of Israel’s most desperate hours…
Gabriel, the archangel in charge of Heaven’s heavy lifting
How did rare photographs of Polish Jews end up in a French soldier’s photo album?
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