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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
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A leading theory ties the identity of the insect from Franz Kafka’s classic “The Metamorphosis” to the author’s Hebrew teacher
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
Franz Kafka likely never imagined the incredible value or near “sacred” aura which are today attributed to each of his handwritten works
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
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