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Iraq extends Jewish archive stay in U.S.

2014-05-16

By: Federation

On: May 16, 2014

In: The Jewish World, World News

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Iraqi government is extending the stay of the Iraqi Jewish Archive in the United States.“In order to continue this important work and to allow the exhibit to be displayed in other cities in the United States, the Government of Iraq has authorized me to extend theContinue Reading

The United Nation votes in November 1947.

New archive documents events surrounding 1948

2014-04-30

By: Federation

On: April 30, 2014

In: The Jewish World

By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line By age 20, Elad Peled was a senior commander in the Palmach, one of the branches of Israel’s pre-state army. He was wounded during the fighting, and was taken to the hospital. On the way, he passed the Israeli town of Pardes Hanna, andContinue Reading