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Jesus may have eaten dates, but Jews grew them

MIRA FOX, THE FORWARDPublished June 29, 2021

This article originally appeared at forward.com. Reposted with permission. Did Jesus love dates? We may never know, but a BBC documentary short asks the question, spurred by the fruit of the Methuselah date tree, which was germinated from an ancient...

What is the Star of David

What is the Star of David

Sharon Cohen, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAELPublished June 28, 2021
The six pointed star represents peace and harmony in Buddhism, while alchemists believed it symbolized nature—how did the Star of David acquire its significance in Judaism?
Fossil remains of skull and jaw. Photo courtesy of Tel Aviv University.

Bones of unknown early human found in dramatic discovery in Israel

Published June 28, 2021

A recent archeological dig in central Israel unearthed evidence that a group of previously unknown hominids likely lived alongside Homo sapiens –the type of humans that inhabit the earth today –toward the end of the Middle Pleistocene era that spanned...

Israeli teen acrobatic gymnastics team takes gold in Switzerland. Photo by Photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash

Israeli teen acrobatic gymnastics team takes world gold

Naama BarakPublished June 28, 2021

(Israel21C) - A team of young Israeli acrobatic gymnasts took first place in an international contest last week, after having performed a minutes-long routine that included flips, human pyramids and mid-air splits. The team, comprised of four young...

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