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Judeo-Persian manuscript honors the Montefiores and their connection to the rebuilding of Jerusalem.
“He was experimenting with notions of identity well before ‘ethnicity’ came into play,” Jenna Weissman Joselit told JNS. “He was very ahead of his time.”
Sharon Liberman Mintz, of Jewish Theological Seminary, told JNS that the 1526 Haggadah “is one of the most exciting books that I have ever had the pleasure to turn the pages of.”
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem reported that Natufian hunter-gatherers produced 142 beads and pendants uncovered by archaeologists.
Trail Blazers’ Deni Avdija and Nets rookies Ben Saraf and Danny Wolf became the first three Israelis to share an NBA court in the same game, a 114-95 Portland win.
Several people wore “ceasefire” pins on the red carpet prior to the Academy Awards ceremony.
“It is well known in other historical examples that if you start losing your best people, you may never recover,” Joel Mokyr, a professor at Northwestern University, told JNS.
The war between Israel, the U.S. and Iran is not only reshaping the Middle East battlefield; it is accelerating a revolution in how modern wars are fought.
Official P.A. TV claimed that the limitations were geared to enable Jews to carry out a Passover sacrifice.
While the city comptroller called it a “sobering wake-up call,” the mayor said the decision to revise the rating was “premature.”
Handala Hack took credit for the cyberattack, saying it should serve as a warning to “Zionist-rooted” corporations.
The U.S. president’s remark follows Iran’s sports and youth minister stating that the “corrupt” U.S. government has “created extreme insecurity.”
