The State of Israel by numbers: 73 facts that tell our story
Hagay Kraus
April 14, 2021
On the fifth day of Iyar – 15 May 1948 – The State of Israel is established After two thousand years of exile, the Jewish[…]
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- The Incredible Story of One Stunning Haggadah That is Nearly 700 Years Old
- The Megile of Itzik Manger: The Mutation of a Yiddish Purim Classic
- “I Am My Customer”: The Shopping Empire That Lillian Vernon Built With Her Own Two Hands
- She Treated All of Jerusalem’s Children: Wonder Physician Helena Kagan
- ‘A Product of Miracles’ : The Jewish Boy Who Hid From the Nazis in a Hole and Became a Huge Inventor
- Webinar: Hope, Resilience and A New Jewish Narrative
- Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Visits ANU – Museum of the Jewish People
- The Comeback of Yere’im Shelahuni: A Yom Kippur Liturgical Poem
- Days of Awe: Shai Agnon’s Anthology for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and the Days In Between
- Dawood’s Life Project: The Jew From Iraq Who Introduced the Quran to the West
- Queen Esther: The Tragic Story of the Female Trailblazer Sister of Bashevis Singer
- The Girl from Odessa Who Became the Pioneer of Gynecology in Pre-State Israel
- The Enemy of My Enemy: The Story of Jewish Soldiers in the Finnish Army Who Fought Alongside Nazi Germany
- ANU Museum of the Jewish People Acquires the Most Influential Book in History – The Codex Sassoon
- “The Best Place to Grow Up In”: The Sholem Aleichem Cooperative Houses in New York
- “The People of Kiev Made Him a Target and Imposed the Suffering on All Jews”: The Beilis Case – The Last Blood Libel
- The Chinese Saga of the Jewish Physician from Vienna: The Story of Jakob Rosenfeld
- Maximum Factor: The Jewish Makeup Artist Who Fled From the Tsar Straight to the Greatest Stars of Hollywood
- “You Can’t Be Beautiful and Hate”: The First Jewish Miss America and Her Battle Against Antisemitism
- “If I slept for one hour, 30 people would die”: The Jewish Forger Who Saved Tens of Thousands of Lives
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According to people who lived under the Nazi occupation of Paris, Béatrice de Camondo would often ride her well-groomed horse in the Bois de Boulogne[…]
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ushi
March 30, 2021
While riding in a taxi for many long hours, en route from Russia to his city of birth, Benjamin Zar dropped the bombshell: “When we[…]
Passover Reception for Friends of ANU – Museum of the Jewish People
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March 26, 2021
The Israeli Friends Association of ANU – Museum of the Jewish People held a Passover reception for all the friends in the new museum opened[…]
Gracias por hacerme mujer: el mensaje feminista del Nuevo Museo del Pueblo Judío
ushi
March 25, 2021
Desde que se creó el antiguo Museo Beit Hatfutsot en 1978, los espíritus mitológicos de sus fundadores han flotado entre sus muros: Abba Kovner, Dr.[…]
Mikhoels’s Cloak: The Story Behind a 90-Year-Old Royal Robe
ushi
March 22, 2021
When the curation staff at ANU-The Museum of the Jewish People gave Shoshana Mandel, a textile conservator, the original robe and wig worn by Shloyme[…]
That you have made me a woman: the feminist message of ANU
ushi
March 21, 2021
Ever since the old Beit Hatfutsot Museum was opened in 1978, the legendary spirits of its founders, Abba Kovner, Dr. Nahum Goldmann, Dr. Meyer Weisgal[…]
The Jewish Soldier Who Led the First Prayer on Liberated German Soil
ushi
February 2, 2021
For over 50 years, a framed photograph decorated a wall in the Upper West Side apartment of Max Fuchs and his wife Naomi in New[…]
Solica – the Legendary Martyr from Morocco
ushi
January 27, 2021
Jewish women in Morocco uttered her name with awe and admiration, pilgrims visit her tombstone in Fez to these days, almost two centuries after her[…]
Defy the Dogma: Jewish Biologists Who Paved the Way to COVID 19 Vaccine
ushi
December 30, 2020
The question of induction has kept scientists busy since the dawn of science. If you see a white swan, and then another white swan, does[…]
