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Dr Menashe Tahan by Ronald Stein
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Stunning Secret Judaism in the Vatican – The Creation of Adam – By Dr Menashe Tahan
Michelangelo had painted this fresco according to the Kabbalah which teaches that God created man through the Sfirah Chochmah, (i.e.wisdom). That was the reason why he concealed a cross-section of the human brain within his composition. He concealed only the right hemisphere of the brain, as the Kabbalah claims that
Stunning Secret Judaism in the Vatican – Introduction and Conclusion by Dr Menashe Tahan
INTRODUCTION The story that I shall be recounting to you today is a truly wondrous one. But why, you may ask? Well, because it resem bles a biblical tale. It is rather like the story of Purim, in which a powerful character plots to harm the Jewish people, but ends […]
Interview with Francine Lazarus the author of “A Hidden Jewish Child from Belgium”
1) What inspired you to write your book?
When I started the guiding course at the Sydney Jewish Museum I was encouraged to tell my story. Many survivors were writing theirs. I started by writing just a few pages.
I wanted to explain to my children why I was different.
Literary Golders Green – a review by Sharon Ross
It has been more than 20 years, since my A’ levels, that I have been to anything approaching a literary
talk – so I was a bit nervous when I sat down to listen to the vivacious Pam Fox talk on literary Golders Green last week at Hampstead Garden Suburb
Review: An Israeli Love Story – Yet another film treat to the followers of the Spiro Ark
The Spiro Ark is regularly treating its followers to films carefully chosen with historical introductions , and with fascinating observations following the screenings to an extremely interesting and versatile audience.
Going to see a film with subtitles can be a bit daunting – you feel you have to be 100%
Palestinians ‘might claim ownership of Dead Sea Scrolls’
Palestinian Authorities may seek to claim as their own the archaeological site of Qumran and its Dead Sea Scrolls, the Simon Wiesenthal Center has warned.
The scrolls, discovered in the Qumran caves in the mid 20th century, date from biblical times and comprise from hand-written manuscripts of great historical and
Raoul Wallenberg- a Swedish Rescuer in Budapest
In case you have not heard of Raoul Wallenberg before here is some interesting information about this amazing man:
After the occupation of Hungary on March 19, 1944, the Swedish delegation launched a rescue operation to save Jews from being deported to the death camps. The newly created American War
Jews in the Merchant Navy in the Second World War – Review by Sidney Lightman
Standing room only was the order of the day – or, rather, the evening – at Norrice Lea Synagogue last Thursday, at the launch of Martin Sugarman’s latest, ground-breaking book, Jews in the Merchant Navy in the Second World War – Last Voices, published by Vallentine Mitchell. The book, like