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Trenul credintei

Posted on March 10, 2011 by admin

After writing yesterday about the Eretz Israel exhibition about the First Governor of Jerusalem, I was asked about my article on the Hejaz train exhibition. I looked back in my archives and I discovered that it was written a few … Continue reading →

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Sir Ronald Storrs – The First Governor of Jerusalem

Posted on March 9, 2011 by admin

The Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv has a great tradition of exceptional historic exhibitions, based on photography and documents that bring back important and sometimes forgotten episodes from the history of the Land of Israel before and after the … Continue reading →

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Book: Steve Berry – The Romanov Prophecy

Posted on February 21, 2011 by admin

From time to time I am getting back to the kind of books that I loved to read when I was a kid and a teenager, and actually I never stopped loving them. Action books with historic background or even … Continue reading →

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Albert Kahn’s World

Posted on February 12, 2011 by admin

I have spent part of this weekend watching the first episodes of the BBC series The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn – http://www.albertkahn.co.uk/ which tells the story of an extraordinary character and of a collection of photographs that keep the … Continue reading →

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21 ianuarie 1941-2011

Posted on January 21, 2011 by admin

Se implinesc astazi 70 de ani de la izbucnirea rebeliunii legionare – faza finala si cea mai acuta a conflictului intre conducatorul statului roman intre anii 1940 si 1944 Ion Antonescu si miscarea legionara condusa de Horia Sima. In conflictul … Continue reading →

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Documentary – The Jewish Americans (PBS – 2008)

Posted on December 9, 2010 by admin

David Grubin‘s documentary about the history of the Jews in America made in 2008 for PBS was broadcast in Israel in six one-hour installments rather than the three series original format presented to the American public. It makes for a … Continue reading →

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The 2nd Season of “The Tudors”

Posted on October 15, 2010 by admin

I finished viewing the second season of The Tudors which ARTE is broadcasting with a delay of about two years. It’s a daring challenge for the makers of this series to enter a historical territory that was already explored in … Continue reading →

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Film: L’Armee des Ombres (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969)

Posted on August 22, 2010 by admin

I was writing a while ago that when Quentin Tarantino was making Inglorious Basterds he was not so much making a film about the Second World War and the Holocaust, but more a Tarantino film that happens during the Second … Continue reading →

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Carte: Neagu Djuvara – Civilizatii si tipare istorice

Posted on August 20, 2010 by admin

Nascut in 1916, Neagu Djuvara este una ditre personalitatile cele mai interesante ale istoriografiei romanesti a ultimelor decenii. L-am vazut acum aproximativ un an intr-un interviu televizat si nu am putut sa nu fiu cucerit de acuitatea discursului, claritatea si … Continue reading →

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Two Jewish Americans

Posted on August 19, 2010 by admin

I am watching the PBS documentary series The Jewish Americans which is for me a fascinating look into the complex history of the Jewish community in the United States, with all the fights for survival, the identity dilemmas, the achievements … Continue reading →

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