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  1. 14 hours ago

    Harry Houdini, otherwise known as Eric Weisz, was perhaps the most famous magician of all time. The master illusionist, who passed away in 1926, would often expose charlatans, a practice that made him a target of anti-Semitic attacks.

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  2. 15 hours ago

    Israelis of Ethiopian descent demonstrate in Tel Aviv in Oct. 1979, calling on the government to bring the rest of Ethiopia's Jews to . Operation Brothers was launched the next month. Photo by Danny Gotfried, the Dan Hadani Collection at the National Library

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  3. Oct 29

    We don't know this puppy's name, but he played his part in history! This photo was found in an album that likely belonged to a soldier who took part in the Battle of in 1917. You can leaf through the pages of this historic photo album here:

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  4. Oct 29

    and weren't always arch-enemies. In fact, there was a time, not so long ago, when Iranians would turn to Israelis in moments of crisis. A rare Iranian government document now kept at the NLI sheds light on this often forgotten period

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  5. Oct 28

    "For a brief moment have I forsaken you, But with great compassion will I gather you" Our thoughts are with the victims of the and their families. May their memory be a blessing. (Published by the JNF Council of Pennsylvania in 1980, preserved at the NLI)

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  6. Oct 25

    Female soldiers taking part in an field exercise (1969) Though women have played significant roles in the military since 's foundation, recent years have seen a major increase in female service in combat units Photo: Yossi Rot, the Dan Hadani Collection at the NLI

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  7. Oct 25

    That's a state secret!

    Nu, c'mon Golda. Won't you tell me what's the secret to your famous Chicken Soup recipe? [Photo via from this week]
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  8. Oct 24

    "This day I begin a new era. I fully intend to dedicate much more time to the welfare of the poor, and to attend Synagogue as regularly as possible" Moses Montefiore's diary entry for October 24th, 1827, his 43rd birthday. He had just completed his first visit to

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  9. Oct 23

    Are you at the ? Stop by and take your own greenscreen photo with some of 's greatest leaders! Learn about the journey of renewal at the National Library, and how you can get involved, at our booth at the General Assembly of the

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  10. Oct 23

    Why would hundreds of headstones mysteriously vanish from an ancient Jewish cemetery? And who was responsible?

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  11. Oct 22

    "If history remembers me at all, in any way, I hope it will be as a man who loved the Land of Israel and watched over it in every way he could, all his life." Today marks the 103rd birthday of the 7th Prime Minister of , Yitzhak Shamir. [Photograph: Nati Henryk, GPO]

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  12. Oct 21

    Photo: Rabin speaks at a peace rally in Tel Aviv in support of the Oslo peace process. He was assassinated later that evening. The Dan Hadani Collection at the National Library

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  13. Oct 21

    "We who have come from a land where parents bury their children, we who have fought against you, the Palestinians, we say to you today in a loud and clear voice: Enough of blood and tears. Enough.” Today marks 23 years since the assassination of

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  14. Oct 18

    "The blood which has been shed calls out not for fasts and prayers, but for vengeance, not ritual candles but flames to consume the hangmen of humanity" - In 1941 the UK Communist Party appealed to world Jewry to come to the aid of their Soviet brothers against the Nazis

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  15. Oct 17

    forces crossing the Suez Canal and reaching the shores of , 45 years ago during the . The code word indicating success was "Acapulco" Photo by Eli Landau, the Dan Hadani Collection at the National Library

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  16. Oct 17

    Ze’ev Vladimir Jabotinsky, born in 1880, was finally allowed into the State of in 1964, 24 years after his death.

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  17. Oct 16

    David Ben-Gurion visits Moshe Dayan in the hospital after the defense minister was injured during an archaeological dig (March 1968). He was released 3 weeks later. Dayan passed away on Oct. 16th, 1981. Ben-Gurion was born on the same date in 1886 Photo: The Dan Hadani Collection

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  18. Oct 15

    25 years ago, the first branch in opened its gates, as globalization in the Middle Eastern country shifted into high gear. Check out those 90s hairdos! Photo taken by Beni Birk on Oct 14th, 1993. The Dan Hadani Collection at the National Library

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  19. Oct 15

    Who was "The Ambassador of the Jews"? How were the Jews allowed back into England? And what did it all have to do with a fantastic tale about the discovery of the Lost Tribes of in the New World?

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  20. Oct 14

    "This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before." - Leonard Bernstein (Aug. 25 1918 - Oct. 14 1990) Photo: Bernstein conducting the Orchestra in 1985. The Dan Hadani Collection at the NLI

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