My name is Tomasz Kubicki. I am a graduate in historical studies of the University Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski in Warsaw, and actually, I’m working on my doctoral dissertation. I specialised in World War II and in all the details that concern JEWISH and POLISH NATIONS during the last century. I also cooperate with one of […]
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The Sunbeat Music Festival is Israel’s leading summer music, global beats event. Taking place over one weekend in June in a beautiful green parkland setting in the green mountains of the Northern Galilee region of Israel, Sunbeat draws some of Israel’s biggest home-grown musicians, as well as a diverse array of international musicians. In 2016 the […]
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Some of the surprising, diverse places where, against the odds, Jewish life is flourishing. “And I will scatter them among the peoples, and they shall remember me in far countries, and they shall live with their children, and they shall return” (Zechariah 10:9). Part of the Jewish people’s unique history is the scattering of Jews […]
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Campo del Ghetto Nuovo is the heart of Venice’s Jewish ghetto, a quiet square just a few minutes’ walk from the train station. It hosts the Jewish Museum, three ancient synagogues and the Jewish community’s nursing home for the elderly. Not far from the square is a kosher hotel and a kosher restaurant. In the […]
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8 little-known facts about the unique community of Italian Jews. The Jews of Italy have a long and fascinating history. Here are eight little-known facts about the unique community of Italian Jews. 1. A Hanukkah Delegation Jews have lived in Italy since ancient times. The very first Jews in Italy were sent by Judah Maccabee, […]
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Welcome to the land of Jewish kilts and kosher haggis. With Scotland in the news, it’s interesting to note that the country has been home to a dynamic Jewish community for 400 years. Here are six surprising facts about Jewish life in this ancient nation. 1. Aristocratic Antecedent One of the earliest Scottish Jews was […]
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Mexico boasts a thriving Jewish community with roots that go back 500 years. Some of the most vibrant Jewish neighborhoods in North America exist “South of the Border” in Mexico, where over 40,000 Jews have created a close-knit, distinct community. Here are some surprising facts about North America’s least-known Jewish centers. Early Jewish Haven When […]
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Little-known facts about this ancient Jewish community. India’s Jewish community is thousands of years old. Here are five little-known facts about the role Jews have played in India through the ages. Meeting Marco Polo When Marco Polo traveled through India in the year 1293, he recorded a surprising encounter in his diaries about meeting Jews […]
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Budapest has long been a magnet for Jewish Tours. American-Jewish tourists staying at Budapest’s Four Seasons Hotel or the renowned landmark Gellert Hotel & Spa make a beeline to see Europe’s largest synagogue, the majestic Dohany Synagogue. Here’s the irony. The Dohany Synagogue wasn’t even built by a Jew – but those two world-class hotels were! […]
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In 1516 a decree ordered that all the Jews in Venice be relocated to geto, an island in the old foundry area – geto from the Italian word to cast or found – giving Venice the dubious distinction of having the world’s first so-called “ghetto”. The Campo Gheto Nuovo was located in the Cannaregio sestiere […]
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