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Management of Maccabi Israel Visited Beit Hatfutsot

We were delighted to have the management of Maccabi, towards a cooperation between the Maccabi movement and Beit Hatfutsot, in which groups from South American, the United States and Europe are planned to visit Beit Hatfutsot. Among the distinguished guests were Eyal Tiberger, CEO Maccabi Israel, and Carlo Tapiero, deputy director-general of education. The cooperation will also include the 2021 Maccabia events. (photos: Itzick Biran)

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Exterior view of a church at Cibolleta, New Mexico, ca.1898

Bibo King: The Jewish Chief of a Native American Tribe

Israel is awash in a wave of nostalgia. Hipsters model 60s styles in Tel Aviv. Khaki pants star in Fashion Week. And retro raves attract hundreds of victims of the Static and Ben-El era, who gather to trade stories about the First Gulf War to the strains of Queen songs. Foreign media notes that nostalgia also pervades this year’s Purim celebrations, with 50s and 60s costumes making a comeback. Two classics are the cowboy costume and that of his eternal rival in the Pan-American war, the Native American. Alongside the Palmahnikim, IDF soldiers, and cops and robbers that were ubiquitous[]

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The Sorrows of Young Walther: Weimar’s Forgotten Jewish Leader

We can venture a guess as to what Walther Rathenau had on his mind during the few moments he lived after extreme right-wing assassins riddled his upper body with bullets in his hometown of Berlin. Perhaps one of the early 20th century’s greatest statesmen thought: My lifelong conflict has finally been solved. I am finally rid of the internal struggle that has plagued me since birth – the question of who I am.  A member of an inferior Asian tribe or the exalted Prussian elite? A descendant of Moses and Aaron or Schiller and Goethe? A Jew or a German?[]

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פאני ברייס ב"שגיונות זיגפילד", 1920

Despite It All, a Funny Girl: The Story of Jewish Comic Fanny Brice

Itzig Stern did everything possible to hide his Jewishness. He took pains to lose his Yiddish accent, read only anti-Semitic papers, and underwent dozens of plastic surgeries to fix his beaked nose, doe-like eyes, meaty lips, and thick tongue. His efforts paid off when he married a German-Christian bride. But the charade was revealed when he got drunk on his wedding night. Itzig Stern starred in Oskar Panizza’s anti-Semitic satire “The Operated Jew,” written in Germany in the 19th-century. This was, of course, a poke at the image of “The Cultured Jew,” which appeared in Germany during the same period.[]

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Tisch Dialogue Evening in Italy

A Tisch Dialogue evening was held at the home of Claudia De Benedetti, the Italian representative on our International Executive Board of Governors. The guest list comprised Museum Directors, opinion makers and prominent members of the Jewish community.  The evening was chaired by Elena Loewenthal who is a well-known and highly respected figure both in Israel and Italy.  The dialogue was preceded by a cocktail reception and over dinner the hostess welcomed all the participants to her home.  She was followed by Enia Zeevi Kupfer, Director of the European Desk in our Department of External Relations who presented the Andrew[]

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Forum Yerusalem Honors Community Heroines

‘’Mother, tell me one more time/ how did we end up here Tell me of the journey in the desert/ how we left in darkest night’’ The 3rd Annual Yerusalem conference, held at Tel Aviv Cinematheque, was dedicated to Israeli Ethiopian women. Previous conferences honoured Ferede Aklum Z’’L and Baruch Tegene Z’’L whose persistence helped Ethiopian Jewry’s journey to Israel. This year the women were celebrated and acknowledged. Herut Tekele and Asrasi Getu risked their lives back in Ethiopia to help the Jewish community. Their stories were not known, despite their great sacrifice and perseverance. In addition, the Forum chose[]

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דוד בן גוריון בקונגרס הציוני ה-19, לוצרן, שוויץ 1935. צילום: הרברט זוננפלד (בית התפוצות, המרכז לתיעוד חזותי ע"ש אוסטר, אוסף זוננפלד)

Ben-Gurion’s Battle Against Bringing Jabotinsky’s Bones to Israel

Use of Hitler’s accursed name to slam one’s adversaries is not the invention of poets. At least in this sense, Yitzhak Laor is in “good company.” One of the first to drop the German despot’s name for the sake of debasement is none other than Israel’s first prime minister David Ben-Gurion. A diplomatic genius with prophetic political vision, Ben-Gurion was also vengeful and aggressive. The great leader had four eyes – two to see the present and two the future.  Aware of his central role in history, he understood that turning a fleeting aura into eternal glory relied not only[]

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אישה מקהילת האנוסים מדליקה נרות שבת בביתה, בלמונטה, פורטוגל, שנות ה-1970 (בית התפוצות, המרכז לתיעוד חזותי ע"ש אוסטר, באדיבות פאולו אמילקר, פורטוגל)

Last Jews on Earth: 400 Years of Living Underground

Hiroo Onoda was a high-rank intelligence officer in the Japanese army. Sent during World War II to the Lubang island in the Philippines, his orders were to do literally everything to prevent the enemy from invading the island. Should he failed, he’d better not return to Japan, they said. Hiroo Onoda had no intentions to defy his superiors, therefore after an American force did invade the island, on February 28, 1945, and surrendered the Japanese, he took off to hide in the woods. He lived there for years, with nothing but his sword, stems and stolen rice to feed on, and[]

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