Those familiar with Tel Aviv’s history know about the Adloyada Purim parade and the man who made it famous: dancer, choreographer and bon vivant Baruch Agadati. What is less known is that the annual parade was actually started by a group called Hevre Trask (“the noisy folks”) — or that competition between the two groups of revelers at one point took an ugly turn.
This tidbit of Tel-Aviv’s history with the Purim Parade shows all the tell-tale signs of the dramatics that come along with Purim. Follow the link to read on!
Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin is the first Israeli personality to be remembered in a joint initiative between the Google Cultural Institute and museums and cultural institutions around the world. The initiative makes materials from various cultural institutions — usually accessible only to a local public — available to people everywhere via the Internet.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week launched the virtual exhibit marking the centenary of Begin’s birth.
Through the Menachem Begin Heritage Center’s collection of photographs and video clips, the exhibit tells Begin’s life story, starting with his birth in Poland, through his activities in the Betar movement, his imprisonment by the Soviets…
In 2005, AFP released a timeline called “Major events in Palestinian history,” which we faulted at the time as "tendentious, largely whitewashing Palestinian violence and responsibility for the conflict.“ Nearly eight years later to the day, AFP does it again.
Today’s 20-year timeline, marking ”Israel-Palestinians: Key Dates since the Oslo Accords,“ includes some of the misleading entries from 2005, and some new ones as well. The most glaring oversight exonerating Palestinians of any responsibility is the absence of any reference to Palestinian terrorism.
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