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All about beer: A serious, ancient craft, built on science, expertise, and deep love

Proverbs 31 says, in one translation, “Give beer (sheichar) to those who are perishing, wine for those who are in anguish.”

By SHLOMO MAITAL
18/12/2024

Archaeologists uncover rare medieval saint figures in Berlin's Molkenmarkt

An eleven-centimeter-high statuette of Saint Catherine made of white clay was recovered almost intact, adorned with attributes of her martyrdom.

 DURAK CARD game with four players, 1974 traditional Atlasnye deck.

Analyzing the terms and expressions associated with our most popular card games

Which legendary monarchs, role models, and mythical figures are depicted on the face cards? Let’s take a look.

By RUTH BELOFF
17/12/2024

‘The Brutalist,’ the epic new movie getting Oscar buzz, is built from the stories of postwar Jews

The Hungarian Jewish designer Marcel Breuer, educated at the Bauhaus school, was forced to renounce his Judaism while he lived in Germany.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
16/12/2024

This week in Jewish history: Jordan & Jerusalem, Tel Aviv & Egypt

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

By STEVEN DRUCKER
15/12/2024

The Jerusalem wine story: An in-depth look at the Holy City's history with the grape

Wine expert Adam Montefiore takes an in-depth look at the Holy City of Jerusalem's history with the grape.

Preserved Roman road in Golan found to be constructed in the late second century CE

One goal of the research was to further understand when the road was constructed and later abandoned.

Achieving a legacy of greatness

Prime Minister Netanyahu can be remembered for more than being Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. If he takes bold steps to improve Israel’s peace, sovereignty, and security.

By ALIZA PILICHOWSKI
15/12/2024

Tel Dan Stele, oldest archaeological evidence of King David, comes to NY’s Jewish Museum

Before coming to the Jewish Museum, the stele was on display for nearly two months at a biblical archaeology museum in Oklahoma.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
14/12/2024

How misleading info leads to false claims of a historic 'Palestinian state'

Despite historical realities, Palestinians, with the support of Arab states, have succeeded in promoting the narrative that Arabs have always lived in the land, thus delegitimizing the Jewish state.

By DAVID BEN-BASAT
14/12/2024
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