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Liel Krutokop hit the jackpot when together with her family she took part in the Temple Mount Sifting Project, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has announced. Situated in the Emek Tzurim National Park in East Jerusalem, the volunteer-led archaeological project trawls through discarded debris removed from Jerusalem's holy Temple Mount. According to the IAA, young Liel and her family were sifting through buckets of debris when the girl spotted an unusual looking object among the rubble.
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admin | November 30, 2021
Hanukkah is an eight-day festival of lights commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the second temple at the beginning of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the second century BC. According to the Hebrew calendar, it starts on the 25th day of Kislev which may occur any time between the months of late November and late December of the Gregorian calendar.
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admin | November 30, 2021
SKOKIE, Ill.
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admin | November 30, 2021
Hanukkah began at sundown on Sunday. While Jewish people around the world are celebrating the festival of lights, what many might not know is that the word Hanukkah itself means dedication. As the story goes, the holiday commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem after the ancient temple was destroyed
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admin | November 30, 2021
Among the many stories about Kolkatas synagogues which Jewish scholar Jael Silliman is fond of narrating is one about a plan in 1970s from members of the community to move the magnificent Maghen David synagogue brick by brick out of Kolkata. The drastic plan was thought of as there were not enough people to take care of the synagogues due to the migration of Jews out of Kolkata. However, the Maghen David synagogue, now protected under the Archaeological Survey of India, has survived the ravages of time and still stands as an awe-inspiring monument in one of busiest parts of Kolkata
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admin | November 30, 2021
REGO PARK, Queens The story of the triangle-shaped lot along Queens Boulevard began 80 years ago. Over the years, a movie theater became a synagogue and a restaurant turned into a bank, and then a local diner. A clock tower on the corner has become a beacon to Rego Park
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admin | November 30, 2021
GOSHEN - The Republican-dominated Orange County Legislature is set to keep its current party split for another four years after a hand recount affirmed Democrat Laurie Tautel's come-from-behind re-election victory.
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admin | November 30, 2021
Today on Midday, a variety of perspectives on Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities, the 1992 play about Black-Jewish relations in America that's getting a new production at Baltimore's Center Stage. Opening night is Thursday. Anna Deavere Smith is an award-winning playwright, actor and activist.
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Mike Rylko Park in Buffalo Grove will be filled with light on Sunday, as the Jewish community of the Northwest suburbs gathers to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah.
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Its really lovely to be part of the Boston community and the Jewish community coming out all together, especially during the pandemic, when its so hard to convene a group and celebrate, Braun said. Last Hanukkah, the number of confirmed COVID cases in Massachusetts was surging: 5,369 new cases on the first night
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