Category Archives: Israel

Belatedly Recognizing Heroes of the Holocaust

By Research History | Published August 7
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August 6, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/world/middleeast/07israel.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=world By ISABEL KERSHNER HORASHIM, Israel — When 20 people gathered for a modest ceremony in the tranquil cemetery of this kibbutz in central Israel last month, the intimacy and quiet dignity of the event belied the tumultuous historical forces coursing beneath it. The occasion was the reinterring of the remains of [...]

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Israeli Scholars Say Biblical Burial Box Genuine

By Research History | Published June 29
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A worker of the Israel Antiquities Authority shows the inscription on a 2,000-year-old ossuary in the IAA offices at the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Israeli scholars said Wednesday they have confirmed the authenticity of the ancient ossuary bearing the name of a relative of the high priest Caiaphas of the New [...]

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