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Israeli novelist Aharon Appelfeld, who died at the age of 85 on January 4, 2018. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
January 4, 2018, 11:23 am
Aharon Appelfeld, literary giant who gave vivid voice to Holocaust, dies at 85
Winner of multiple literary awards, the prolific Appelfeld published his most recent book just three months ago
By Jessica Steinberg
Now in their 80s, Rose and Ralph Gartenberg recently traveled from London to Israel on El Al -- the same trip that introduced them 63 years ago. (Courtesy of the Gartenberg family)
December 27, 2012, 2:45 am
For young Holocaust refugees, early El Al trip proved love at first flight
Despite an emergency landing, the airline's inaugural trip from London set a lifelong romance on its path to takeoff
By Sharon Kanon
A dozen synagogues used to operate in Chernivtsi, which now has a Jewish population roughly 2 percent the size of its prewar total. (Photo credit: CC BY Chernivtsi via Flickr.com)
November 24, 2012, 9:05 pm
With few Jewish neighbors, residents of Ukrainian town attend ‘cinegogue’
Locals in Chernivtsi, once home to a sizable Jewish population, now see movies in a former house of worship
By Maria Danilova
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