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    Masada Opera Festival 2012

    by  • June 4, 2012 • Articles, Holidays & Events

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    Masada Opera Festival 2012 By: Jerry Lepre For those of you who do not know, Masada was the site of a battle between the Romans and the Jews. The Jews were surrounded and out numbered, the Jews stood no chance of victory. Knowing this, these Jewish Rebels as viewed by the Romans, or Jewish...

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    National Geographic in Europe on Israel

    by  • June 4, 2012 • Articles, Holidays & Events

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    National Geographic in Europe on Israel By: Jerry Lepre National Geographic will be airing 1 hour episodes focusing on Israel starting in September. The Israel Ministry of Tourism is sponsoring the shows which will focus on some of Israel’s most famous attractions. The filming has already started and one of France’s well known journalist,...

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    Tu B’Shvat

    by  • January 30, 2012 • Articles, Holidays & Events

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    By: Jerry Lepre Tu B'Shvat is a Jewish new year of or for the trees; Hebrew is like Latin in the sense that the letters can also act like numbers, so the TU in Tu B’Shvat is the number 15 and the Shevat is the month Shevat, so Tu B’Shvat literally means the 15th...

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