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 Harold Baumgarten

American army experiences in WWII in context of modern antisemitism

By Françoise Ouzan
 HOUDINI’ performed by the Jerusalem Ballet.

An internal exodus: An inside look on Harry Houdini

By ORI J LENKINSKI
 The square around the David Amar Worldwide North Africa Jewish Heritage Center is a tranquil and pretty spot.

A street of many tales: A tour sheds light on Jerusalem's Agron Street

Haganah volunteers evacuate wounded 370

Nazi hunter with Mossad ties new focus in BBC documentary

Slightly larger brains than modern humans, and stronger, but extinct. An illustration of the Neanderthal man.

Where did Homo sapiens go after leaving Africa? New study has an answer

By REUTERS
A fresco covers the wall at the room of an ancient domus during archaeological excavations in the ancient archeological site of Pompeii, Italy, in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on March 25, 2024.

Pompeii building site reveals ancient Roman construction methods

By REUTERS
 Avraham Borshevsky paints the intricate illustrations that accompany a master-level Scroll of Esther.

Jewish success story: Avraham Borshevsky growth to top scribe, Judaica talent

By NOAH MICHAELI
 THE PASSPORT used by Pinchas Rutenberg in 1919 to escape from Odessa.

'An Unreasonable Man': How hydroelectric power came to Palestine

By COLIN SHINDLER
‘The Triumph of Mordecai’ (1624) by Pieter Pietersz Lastman, in the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam

Escape from Shushan: How Purim exile foreshadowed Oct. 7

 US soldiers celebrate Purim and the end of the Gulf War on the streets of Tel Aviv as children spray snow foam and Israelis play music. February 1991.

The Gulf War and Purim 1991: An oral history

By BEN BRESKY
 Hannah Ardent.

Jerusalem highlights March 22-28

 H.E. CYPRIOT AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL Kornelios S. Korneliou.

Cyprus's envoy to 'Post': Israel ties stronger than ever, have great potential

 Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jewish Israelis are seen dancing in costume amid the holiday of Purim, in Mea She'arim in Jerusalem, on March 8, 2023.

What is the story, customs of the Jewish festival of Purim?

 Security forces are seen during a protest to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, in Karameh, Jordan valley, Jordan May 15, 2021.

Jordan commemorates battle of Karameh against Israeli forces, echoing today's war

A fossil of the skull of the largest dolphin in history that inhabited the Peruvian Amazon 16 million years ago and was discovered in an expedition sponsored by the National Geographic Society is exhibited at the Museum of Natural History in Lima, Peru, March 20, 2024.

Fossil of 16-million-year-old river dolphin found in Peru

By REUTERS