This week in Jewish history: Oslo II and the start of the Second Intifada Five years apart, two September 28 events captured the promise of Israeli-Palestinian peace and the violence that followed. What happened between them?
Nobody could find the boats ancient inhabitants of Israel used, so researchers built one themselves “It’s like making a dream come true: starting from a theoretical idea and ending with a full-size, tangible and real boat,” Niv said.
This Week in Jewish History: Italy bombs Tel Aviv and Israel signs a reparations deal with West Germany Fascist Italy bombs Tel Aviv during World War II, and Israel signs a fiercely contested reparations agreement with West Germany.
This week in Jewish history: The Khmelnytsky pogroms and the founding of Hebrew University This week in Jewish history, we remember the Khmelnytsky pogroms and the laying of Hebrew University’s first cornerstones.