Although Jews living in Europe today appear to be successful and secure, there is nevertheless an underlying sense of unease. Anti-Semitism is growing. A survey recently commissioned by the European Union’s Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has found that Jews have experienced anti-S…
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One of the largest of the beautiful islands in the Ionian Sea, Zakynthos, lies to the west of mainland Greece2. In October, 1943, German forces arrived on the island with orders to round up the Jews. A familiar pattern followed: a night-time curfew was imposed on the island’s Jews and they wer…
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Archaeologists working in Jerusalem’s ancient City of David have uncovered part of a wall they believe was rebuilt in the time of Nehemiah (‘Elusive biblical Jerusalem wall finally found, Israeli archaeologist says,’ International Herald Tribune, November 29, 2007 http://www.iht.com/articles/a…
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Although in 1944 the allied victory over Nazi Germany was not in doubt, new danger faced the Jews of Hungary. Refugees fleeing from Hitler’s Germany had almost doubled Hungary’s Jewish population to 800,000. Although Hungary was allied with Germany, the Hungarian government had provided a brea…
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In the recent devastating earthquakes that struck Nepal, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) brought in rescue dogs to search through the rubble in Kathmandu to locate survivors2. Along with the rescue dogs, over 250 doctors and emergency personnel were part of an IDF delegation which responded to the c…
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One of the most important Latin inscriptions discovered so far in Jerusalem has been uncovered north of the Damascus Gate. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists, Dr Rina Avner and Roie Greenwald, found the inscription, dedicated to the Roman Emperor Hadrian, on a large slab of limeston…
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From 1948 until the early 1970s, life in Israel was dominated by the Histadrut, the federation of labour set up by Jews in the land before the Jewish state was established. Cooperative and collective settlements, such as the kibbutzim, were the way of life for the majority of Israelis. Marketing…
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“The capture of Beersheba allowed British Empire forces to break the Ottoman line near Gaza and then advance into Palestine, a chain of events which eventually culminated in the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.”[1]
This remarkable statement is quoted from the text on the back of an…
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A recent article in Biblical Archaeology Review provides archaeological evidence that confirms the existence of fifty people who are named in the Bible.[1] Supporting documentation detailing the Bible references and inscriptions for each of the people listed in the article has also been posted on …
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On 27 January, 2015, some 200 survivors gathered at Auschwitz in Poland to observe the 70th anniversary of its liberation. Auschwitz, the largest camp established by the Germans, comprised a concentration camp, extermination centre and auxiliary forced-labour camps. It has been described as …
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