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A short documentary (in Hebrew) about breaking in the Akko prison, killing of 3 Israeli Sergeants by the British and the retaliation of the Hebrew underground organization "Etzel". Statements given by Menachem Begin to this matter. Between 4 and 5 on Tuesday morning, July 29, 1947, the Acre prison gallows were operated three times in quick succession. Avshalom Haviv, Yaakov Weiss and Meir Nakar, Irgun fighters who had participated in the May 4th prison break which set free 41 Irgun and Lehi...
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Tiberias (Tiveria in Hebrew) is a town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. Tiberias was built in about 20 A.D. by Herod Antipas, the son of Herod the Great on the site of the destroyed village of Rakkat, and it became the capital of his realm in Galilee. It was named in honor of Antipas' patron, the Roman Emperor Tiberius. Today, Tiberias is Israel's most popular holiday resort in the northern part of the country. And contains the gravesites of the most holy of ancient Jewish rabbis,...
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Rabbi Lazer Brody speaks from Mount Gerizim in Israel overlooking Yosef's gravesite in Shechem. From this spectacular and Biblical overlook, Lazer teaches about the holiness of the Land in general, how this relates to our daily lives, and also passes down wisdom relating to the tomb of Yosef in the valley below that was horribly desecrated by arabs after being abandoned by the modern state several years back.
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During the last week (summer 2005) of the existence of the diamond of all Jewish communities, Gush Katif, I was asked by a large Jewish organization in America to self-film a video message to the rabbinical leadership to inspire actions to be taken to halt the drunken and pointless destruction of thousands of Jewish lives and homes, shuls, and even graveyards. I was renting a house from one of the oldest residents of Neve Dekalim (in Gush Katif) - and here is the message. It was to no avail...
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When Michael Levin made the ultimate sacrifice for Israel in the Lebanon/Israeli War last summer, it was not in vain. In this slideshow, we see the Abram's graduating class dedicate a Torah in Michael's honor, and donate it to the IDF paratroopers who fought alongside Michael. The next day, we visited his grave.
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