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Jerusalem Zookeepers Save Handicapped Tortoise With Unique Wheelchair - One of Earth's slowest moving mammals just got a lot faster as Zookeepers in Jerusalem Biblical Zoo strapped wheels onto the bottom of a tortoise. The ten-year-old African Spurred Tortoise, named Arava, received her new set of wheels after suffering from a rare medical condition that paralyzed her two hind legs. While veterinarians worked to treat the animal's condition they were unable to restore the use of her hind legs...
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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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Legend tells that after the Holocaust, Rav Yosef Kahaneman zt'l, looking for Jewish children who had survived the war. Some of the children had ended up in churches. He was granted permission to enter the children's quarters - when he entered he began calling out "Shema Yisroel" and instinctively many of the children raised their hands to cover their eyes and started calling out "Mama! Mama!"
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One of the musical legends of our time is Chaim Dovid Sarachek who performs his amazing song "Seven Sheperds" which alludes to the great seven tzaddikim of Jewish history (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moshe, Aaron HaKohen, Josef, and King David). Each of these iconic Jewish leaders correspond to a character trait (i.e. the chesed-kindness of Abraham) of the Jewish neshama (soul). Jewish Quarter resident Chaim Dovid Sarachik has been touching the souls of the Jewish world with his music for over 20...
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Photographer Bill Aron chronicles Jewish life around the world - Bill Aron Personal Resume: I am perhaps best known for my photographs of Jewish communities around the world. My first book, chronicling the Jewish communities of the former Soviet Union, Cuba, Jerusalem, New York and Los Angeles entitled, From The Corners Of The Earth was published, with an introduction by Chaim Potok, by The Jewish Publication Society. I also recently collaborated with The Museum of the Southern Jewish...
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