In a country where over ninety-six percent of the couples are married and over forty percent of the population believes they should have at least three children, you can be sure that a holiday like the Family Day is a big thing. So we went to find out what is an average Israeli family. What is fascinating to witness is …
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The over 500-years of history of the Jews in Turkey is brought to live at Bar Ilan University’s conference – The Jews of turkey: identity and Heritage. As the pages if history were visited at the conference a clear message arose from all speakers: the current strain in the relationship between the Turks and the Jews should be taken with …
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As the world remembers the end of World War II, sixty-nine years ago, we came to the Ghetto Fighters Museum to learn about the little survivors of the Holocaust, the around 150-thousand children who survived and started a new life in Israel. Ron Jacobsohn, JN1 Correspondent: As the world remembers the end of World War Two, sixty-nine years ago, we …
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Israel has once again proven to be the multi cultural society it wants to the world to know it is. Rose Fostanes, the Filipino caregiver from the Levinski district in Tel-Aviv went to audition for The X-Factor and against all odds won the competition and in the process became a global role model. Ron Jacobsohn, JN1 Correspondent: So once again …
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Returning to the lowest place on the face of the earth, the Israeli Opera Festival, is going to held this coming June at Masada for the 4th time featuring Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, directed by world renowned director, Michal Znanieki, and his team. We attended the media preview of this major cultural event in this year’s Israeli calendar. Even before the …
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