In a Washington press conference co-hosted by the Discovery Channel and the Biblical Archaeology Society in October 21, 2002 the existence of the James Ossuary was announced. The ossuary, a 2000-year old chalk box for the internment of human bones, had an Aramaic inscription on it: Ya’akov bar-Yosef akhui diYeshua – translated as “James,...
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In 1922, 21 modest homes were built in Givatayim, creating the first workers’ neighborhood in the Land of Israel: the Borochov neighborhood. Only two of the original buildings still are standing today and one of them, that of pharmacist Isaac Isidor Mamlock, is about to disappear.
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Every year, the day after the Passover Seder, the traditional exodus of the people of Israel begins. Hundreds of thousands take to the skies for a trip abroad, thousands more picnic in nature reserves, parks and forests. The reason is clear, Israel is on holiday. Government and public offices close down, which means that...
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The days before Passover is the time that Israelis send each other the traditional “Hag Sameach”, Happy Holiday, greeting. Religious Jews will add “and kosher” to their greeting, and artistic types will wax eloquently about spring, renewal, new beginnings and freedom.
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