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Although Langford insists the book is a work of fiction, it heavily draws on her parents’ lives and personalities.
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The theme of The Braid’s latest True Jewish animal stories — and the humans who love them — are at the center of The Braid’s latest salon theatre production.
Eurovision: Nova Survivor Yuval Raphael to Sing on International Stage
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It’s a moment that would have been unthinkable 19 months ago, when Raphael was nearly murdered on the darkest day in Israel’s modern history.
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Ayala Or-El
May 8, 2025
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Ayala Or-El
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The film follows Ada Karmi-Melamede, one of the most accomplished female architects in the world, beginning with her childhood in Israel as the daughter of Dov Karmi, a renowned architect and recipient of the Israel Prize for Architecture in 1957.
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May 8, 2025
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