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by Lydia Aisenberg
The fascination of Malta is captured in this essay
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extolling the pleasures and uniqueness of this interesting Mediterranean archipelago with its own small but active Jewish community.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
Nahalot, a colorful, quaint neighborhood of Jerusalem
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established between 1860-1900, is picturesque and eclectic with many synagogues to suit its diversity and many steps adding to its quaintness - an interesting area to explore.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
The modern Kibbutz Baram, renowned for its thriving
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apple industry, was built on the ancient site of Baram. Excavations exposed two synagogues of late 4th or early 5th centuries. It is an area steeped in history.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
From the 1830’s millions of people from all over
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the world have entered the USA. Towards the end of the nineteenth century this included Jews from Eastern Europe many of whom became well known. Ellis Island, a museum and major tourist attraction, has a wall which is inscribed with many of the names of these immigrants.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
The Israeli high-court ruling forcing the rerouting
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of the controversial security fence in the outer Jerusalem region will place the fence literally alongside the well-tended front and back gardens of Har Radar, now a flourishing Jewish community on the Green Line.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
Shabtai (Sasha) Falcon, now deceased, shares with readers
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the horrors of his young life as a witness of the Shoah and the only survivor of his family. He leaves us with a legacy to remember so that this history can never be denied.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
Aaron Ziegelman, Polish born American, researched his
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home town of Luboml bringing to Moreshet in this wonderful exhibition, a clear understanding of the richness of Jewish life before the Holocaust.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
The story of a young woman who volunteered to be an
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emissary to Poland and the brave, confused people who made a decision to find their way back to Judaism.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
The stroke of a pen on a map in 1949 created a village
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with a split personality. This village, half in Israel and half in Palestine has become the “Dizengoff Center of Wadi Ara’.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
The Bat Shlomo moshava on the Carmel is a treasury
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of history, especially worth a visit in the spring when the threatened red falcon birds take up home on the synagogue roof and breeding boxes before their migratory return to South Africa.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
The Israel Electric Corporation has its in-house training
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center at Hefzibah near Hadera. The site also houses a new visitors’ center where the history of the area is very well presented.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
One of the most important archeological sites in Israel
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is Zippori in the lower Galilee. Findings date back to the first temple, and the beautiful mosaics from the third century are world famous. Lydia Aisenberg met the Nor family whose farm abuts the ancient site and who have been involved in many digs on the site.
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