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The Paperwork Officer: Nelly Benatar’s Extraordinary Rescue Operation

The Paperwork Officer: Nelly Benatar’s Extraordinary Rescue Operation

In the summer of 1940, a letter arrived at the Casablanca home of Nelly (Rachel Hélène) Benatar. It was not addressed to her, but to her husband, Moïse. The problem was that Moïse Benatar had died a year and a half earlier. The letter had been written by Ferdinand Marburger, a stamp dealer from

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The Trials and Tribulations of the First Hebrew Elephant

The Trials and Tribulations of the First Hebrew Elephant

“How is it possible that our zoo doesn’t have an elephant?” This was the question Tel Aviv children asked Baruch Goffer, director of the historic zoo located in Tel Aviv’s Hadassah Garden, time and again. The children of the city did not know what Baruch knew: bringing an elephant to Palestine w

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World War II

World War II

World War II was the most destructive and deadly war in human history. The war officially began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Although the invasion of Poland is commonly seen as the first act of war, Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria and its occupation of Czechoslovakia i

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