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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
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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
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.
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