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Vitkin Winery: Leading Israel's revolution against Cabernet and Chardonnay

Vitkin Winery forged a new path and took many of the Israeli wine producers with them. They created change and still inspire their peers with their innovative winemaking.

Hanukkah: What is the significance of the dreidel?

That innocent little top, with a Hebrew letter carved on each side, carries within it a great deal of Jewish history and inspiration.

'There won't be a State of Israel': Will internal strife lead another Jewish state to ruin?

Both Solomon’s kingdom and the Hasmonean dynasty were beset by internal strife in their fourth quarters, allowing external enemies to destroy the Jewish state. That pattern is happening again.

28/12/2024

Hanukkah: Jews should be proud of what they are hated for

We are all, whether we acknowledge it or not, living expressions of the flame of Hanukkah, which refuses to submit to mere normalcy

'Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther' by Rembrandt, 1660, at Moscow's Pushkin Museum

This week in Jewish history: IDF attacks Gaza, rise of Queen Esther

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

By STEVEN DRUCKER
28/12/2024

Hanukkah: Being outnumbered and holding strong is part of being Jewish

We will always be outnumbered at protests and be the minority on social media. Being among the few and holding our ground is part of being Jewish. 

Sheikh Jarrah: Land, legacy, and conflict in Jerusalem’s history

Sheikh Jarrah is a neighborhood in east Jerusalem, located east of Bar-Lev Boulevard. No other neighborhood in the city exemplifies the land disputes between Israelis and Palestinians more than this.

Experience Judaism like never before: Meet the world’s only museum of its kind

The Alliance Israélite Universelle organization proudly launches the Alliance Museum—the first educational virtual museum of its kind in Israel and worldwide.

By WALLA! TECH
27/12/2024
THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM, founded 260 years ago by Russian Empress Catherine the Great, contains one of

‘It seems that Soviet behavior passed to the West’: Piotrovsky talks about Russia and Middle East

RUSSIA AFFAIRS - In a rare interview with Western media since the start of the current war in Ukraine, Mikhail Piotrovsky speaks to The Jerusalem Post.

By ELDAD BECK
27/12/2024

Hanukkah: ‘The fragrance of paradise’

During Hanukkah, the days of light triumphing over darkness, as the small flames illuminate the night, let us remember the fragrance of paradise that exists within every Jew, no matter who they are.

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