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heritage
For 30 Years, I Thought I Was Sephardic. I Was Wrong.
I knew I wasn’t Ashkenazi, so for nearly 30 years, I thought I was Sephardic. I wasn’t alone.
Led by majority-Muslim Azerbaijan, the Council of Europe resolves to preserve Jewish heritage
Abbas denies Jerusalem’s Jewish heritage
Jerusalem\’s identity is Arab, and the city\’s and Christian holy sites must be protected from Israeli threats, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said.
Opinion: Time to assert Jerusalem’s Jewish heritage
Among his many statements related to Israel in the last couple of weeks, President Obama got at least one thing right when he said at a London news conference that Jerusalem goes deep into how the Jewish people think about their identity. As we mark 44 years of a reunited Jerusalem this week, we should appreciate the centrality of Jerusalem to Jewish identity.
Heritage site renovations approved
An Israeli government committee approved the $25 million renovation of 16 national heritage projects and sites. The Ministerial Committee on the National Heritage, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Tuesday approved the renovation of the sites — among the 150 sites and initiatives included in the \”Plan for Renovating and Strengthening National Heritage Sites and Assets\” approved in February — at a cost of $25 million. The plan caused some controversy when two West Bank biblical sites, Rachel\’s Tomb and the Cave of the Patriarchs, were added to the list.\n
VIDEO: Chinese Jewish father from Kaifeng visits daughter Jin Jin in Israel
From New Tang Dynasty TV: \’How does it feel to be both Chinese and Jewish? Our Israeli team talks to a young woman from Kaifeng, China who belongs to both of these ancient cultures.\’