Archives | The Yemenites: A Photo Essay

On September 24, 1950, Israel concluded Operation Magic Carpet, transporting over 45,000 Yemenite Jews to the Jewish state. To commemorate this historic mission, Moment has republished Zion Ozeri's 1982 photo essay "The Yemenites." Take a look for a deeper understanding of Jewish life in Yemen before the mass Aliyah to Israel. Read the full article at the link below: The Yemenites: A Photo Essay

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Archives | Am I My Brother’s Keeper?

"The Spy," Netflix's new show starring Sacha Baron Cohen, retells the heroic story of legendary Mossad agent Eli Cohen during his years undercover in Syria in the 1960s. In honor of this Friday's premiere, we pulled a Moment exclusive from the archives: Am I My Brother's Keeper? A Spy Discovers the Truth about His Beloved Brother. Read the full article at the link below: Am I My Brother's Keeper?

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Keeping Up With the Times: Digitizing Holocaust Archives

By Amanda Walgrove The rapid growth of technology, characteristic of the twenty-first century, has altered methods of human relation. Communicating through Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and email correspondence can make interpersonal connections seem trivial and dispassionate, but technological advancements can also produce meaningful intimacy. For example, we can video chat with estranged loved ones on the iPhone and reconnect with old friends through social media networks. The resources of cyberspace not only affect how we communicate, but also how we access, preserve, and retain information. On the eve of International Holocaust Day, Yad Vashem announced that the world's largest collection of Holocaust archives would be incorporated into Google's overwhelmingly vast pool of virtual documents. Yad Vashem began digitizing their collection in the 1990's but collaboration with Google is a vast leap for any remote assemblage of archives. What...

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Keeping Up With the Times: Digitizing Holocaust Archives

By Amanda Walgrove The rapid growth of technology, characteristic of the twenty-first century, has altered methods of human relation. Communicating through Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and email correspondence can make interpersonal connections seem trivial and dispassionate, but technological advancements can also produce meaningful intimacy. For example, we can video chat with estranged loved ones on the iPhone and reconnect with old friends through social media networks. The resources of cyberspace not only affect how we communicate, but also how we access, preserve, and retain information. On the eve of International Holocaust Day, Yad Vashem announced that the world's largest collection of Holocaust archives would be incorporated into Google's overwhelmingly vast pool of virtual documents. Yad Vashem began digitizing their collection in the 1990's but collaboration with Google is a vast leap for any remote assemblage of archives. What...

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