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June 26, 2020

Centuries-Old Jewish Gravestones Discovered at an Austrian Castle

Used to reinforce the walls against Ottoman invasion.

Recent renovations at the Austrian castle of Ebenfurth have uncovered 28 17th-century headstones from a Jewish cemetery, along with fragments of others. Jewish Heritage Europe reports:

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June 26, 2020

  1. How Fear of an Arab-Axis Alliance Led Britain to Reject the Two-State Solution

    Barring the gates of Palestine to Jewish refugees.

  2. A Great Jewish Sage’s Sermon on the Six-Day War and the Jews’ Return to History

    “A time of greatness.”

  3. The U.S. Should Stop Supporting the American University of Beirut

    An institution that cultivates neither tolerance nor liberal education.

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    “The self-assured informality of Israeli audiences in shorts and khaki shirts, score in hand, immediately enchanted him.”

  5. Centuries-Old Jewish Gravestones Discovered at an Austrian Castle

    Used to reinforce the walls against Ottoman invasion.