Current
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The conference room broke into applause as the successful entrepreneur was introduced as “a self-made man.” But something didn’t feel right to me. This man certainly worked hard and built remarkable things. But self-made? With dedication and determination, his parents gave him everything he needed. They sent him to the best private schools and a […]
History
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Born into a Chassidic family in Krakow, Poland, in 1883, Sarah Schenirer grew up in a society where girls received no formal Jewish education. For eight years, Sarah attended a Polish public school, as was required by the country’s compulsory education law. Once or twice a week, the school was visited by a rabbi, who […]
There’s been a lot of excitement lately over claims that Noah’s Ark has finally been found. Is this proof that the biblical story is true? Or should we be a little cautious? A team of researchers says it has proven that a mound in the mountains of eastern Turkey, near Mount Ararat, is Noah’s Ark. […]
Omer Shem Tov, 23, spent over 16 months in the tunnels of Gaza. For over a year, he’s been sharing his story around the world — how he survived and the choices that sustained him through it all, including 450 days of total isolation, 50 of them in a pitch-dark dungeon where he couldn’t even […]
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