The Selfish Gene: the Story of Rosalind Franklin 

In 1887, American-Jewish physicist Albert Abraham Michelson developed the interferometer, a remarkably precise system for measuring the speed of light rays. Two decades later, another Albert – Albert Einstein – used Michelson’s system to discover the theory of special relativity. It’s a fair bet that none of you have heard of Michelson. His portrait is unknown; his name has[…]

Glorious Bastards: Incredible Story of “The Ritchie Boys”

These European Jewish boys fled the Nazis to America, leaving parents, siblings, friends and the beloved continent that stabbed them in the back behind. They did not imagine in their wildest dreams that they would return to the scene of the crime as soldiers in the Allied Forces’ special corps. No, this is not a[…]

Marcus-Mobile: The Jewish Genius Who Invented the Car and Was Erased by the Nazis

Leah- Alizah Pikbeski next to her fancy car. Cairo, Egypt 1920 (Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center, courtesy of Gila Hershkovitz, Israel)

Peugeot, Citroen, Ford, Honda, Ferrari, Bentley, Renault. Before these brands became megacorps employing hundreds of thousands, they were flesh-and-blood people. Armand, Andre, Henry, Soichiro, Enzo, Walter, and Louis – the visionary engineers, inventors, and industrialists who entered the Industrial Revolution’s pantheon – are etched in human memory as masters who changed our lives forever. And[…]

Mucho más que una sección de consejos: la historia de “A Bintel Brief”.

  “Me adhiero a todos aquellos que alaban a “A Bintel Brief”, a través del cual se pueden manifestar quienes tienen “un secreto o algo que pesa sobre sus conciencias”. “Mi hermana y yo somos revolucionarios rusos y seculares, pero nuestros padres se empeñan en que realicemos un casamiento religioso – ¿qué tenemos que hacer?”.[…]

The Avenger: The Jewish Watchmaker Who Killed a Ukrainian Despot

“Behind me stand hundreds of thousands of saints, a camp full of tortured victims staring silently at you and demanding justice. Not mercy – only justice. I stand before you here with them, with all my heart and soul.” If those lines sound familiar to you, you have a healthy grasp of history.  These words[…]

The Name Is Levin, Alter Levin: A Poet, an Insurance Agent – but Mainly a Spy

Long before the Israeli Mossad became the best espionage organization in the world, Jewish spies in Israel stripped off and donned disguises, crossed enemy lines and brought back quality intelligence – intelligence that did not come under the heading of “the public’s right to know.” Among the most important, least well known and most forgotten[…]

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Visiting Hours

Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Israeli Senior citizens
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