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JACOB JR MY JEWISH WORLD SÃO PAULO BRAZIL FEBRUARY 2015

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JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD - POLIN - MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF POLISH JEWS - WARSZAWA/POLAND

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Friday, Nissan 7, 5775. March 27, 2015. Shalom! World. "1000 YEARS HISTORY OF POLISH JEWS" Polin Museum's building, designed by the Finnish studio Lahdelma & Mahlamäki, is an architectural gem. Its minimalist exterior, clad in glass, encloses a dramatic interior of undulating walls. The polish Jews has a journey through the 1000 years history. Visiting the Museum you will discover how Jews first arrived in Polish lands, why they stayed, and how Poland became home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the world - there were 3.3 million Jews in Poland before Holocaust. While the number of Jews in Poland today is small, there has been renewal of Jewish life since the fall of communism. The first Jews to arrive in the Polish lands were traveling merchants form western and southern Europe. You will see the journey of Ibrahim ibn Yakub, a Jew from Cordoba, who was sent by the Caliph on a diplomatic mission across Europe around 960 (c.e.). One

JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. THE LITTLE INSURGENT. OLD TOWN WARSZAWA/POLAND

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Thrursday, Nissan 6, 5775. March 26, 2015. Shalom! World. The Little Insurgent Monument Monument, ul. Podwale 2. The communist authorities continually thwarted efforts to commemorate the Uprising, though by the early 80s cracks in their resolve were beginning to show. On October 1, 1983, the most poignant of all Uprising monuments was unveiled by the walls of the Barbakan. Designed by Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz and funded by colletions undertaken by scouts, the bronze installation shows the figure of a boy soldier clutching a Sten gun and weighed down by an adult-sized helmet. Commemorating the children who served as messengers and frontline troops, the figure is inspired by the story of 13 years old corporal Antek, himself killed in action close to the scene on August 8, 1944. Shalom! Aleichem. Suporte cultural:  SOUL avec L'Integration d'Association avec Israel et dans le Monde/Fr .

JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. BERNATEK FOOTBRIDGE. KRAKOW/POLAND.

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Wednesday, Nissan 5, 5775. March 25, 2015. Shalom! World. Opened  in 2010, the Father Bernatek Footbridge straddles the Wistula River just south of the centre, linking the districts of Kazimierz with Podgorze between ul. Mostowa and ul. Nadwislanska where several road bridges had stood in its place before, the last being dismantled back in 1925. The leaf-shaped, 130m structure accomodates both pedestrians and cyclists with its twin walkway design by local architect Andrezj Getter. Its here that Krakow couples have adopted the increasingly popular tradition of attaching padlocks engraved with their names to the railings of the bridge, before throwing the keys into the Wistula.  Shalom! Aleichem. Suporte cultural:  SOUL avec L'Integration d'Association avec Israel et dans le Monde/Fr .

JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CRACK OF GERMAN ENIGMA CODE

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By 1934 the Poles were able to reproduce 15 Enigmas, at the AVA Radio Manufacturing Company at 34 Nowy Swiat Street in Warszawa, its engineer, the brilliant Antoni Palluth. Tuesday, Nissan 4, 5775 - March 24, 2015. Shalom! World. ENIGMA A lesser known Polish contribution towards the Allied victory in 1945, is the battle that took place inside the minds of Poland's finest academics to crack the German Enigma code. HENRYK ZGALSKI MARIAN REJEWSKI JERZY RÓZYCK It all began in Poznan, namely in the mathematics class of the university. Ace students Jerzy Rózyck, Marian Rejewski and Henryk Zgalski came to the attention of Polish intelligence services on account of their excellent German skills and sharp mathematical minds. Recruited to attend cryptology courses in Warszawa alogside 117 other Poznan University alumni, the three were set to work  in 1932 on cracking German ciphers. It was here they made the first vital Enigma breakthrough using mathemat

JACOB JR MY JEWISH WORLD WINTER 2015 FRANKFURT AM MAIN GERMANY

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JACOB JR MY JEWISH WORLD WINTER 2015 PARIS FRANCE

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JACOB JR MY JEWISH WORLD KRAKOW POLAND WINTER 2015

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JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. HOCHSCHULE FÜR DIE WISSENSCHAFT DES JUDENTUMS. BERLIN/GERMANY

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Friday, Adar 29, 5775. March 20, 2015. Shalom! World. A Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums (Escola Superior da Ciência do Judaísmo), em Berlim, foi um seminário para formar rabinos liberais e scholars Judeus de feitio moderno, sua fundação se deu em 1869, abriu suas portas em 1872 e as fechou em 1942, quando os editos nazistas forçaram-na a cessar o ensino. Durante cinquenta anos de sua existência, a H.W.J. não teve cadeira de filosofia, ela fora primordialmente uma escola para a formação de rabinos liberais. Mas não era este o intento de seus fundadores. Tinham evitado cuidadosamente inserir no nome da Instituição qualquer indicação nesse sentido. Haviam estipulado que os curso  deviam ser dados "exclusivamente com vistas ao puro interesse da Wissenschaft des Judentums (Ciência do Judaísmo), de sua preservação, avanço e propagação", e esperavam que o caráter expressamente científico da escola atrairia muitos estudantes não teológicos. Tais expectat

JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. LE MUSÉE D'ART ET D'HISTOIRE DU JUDAISME. PARIS/FRANCE

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Thursday, Adar 28 5775. March 19, 2015. Shalom! Monde. Situé dans le quartier historique du Marais, dans l'un des plus beaux hôtels particuliers de Paris, le Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaisme retrace ll'evolution des communautés juives à travers leur patrimoine culturel et leurs traditions. Il accorde une place privilégiée à l'histoire des juifs en France, tout en évoquant les communautés d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord, qui ont contribué à former la physionomie du judaïsme français actuel. Outre des objets d'art cultuel, des textiles et des manuscrits, le musée présente des documents uniques sur les courants intelectuels, artistiques et historiques - dont des archives de l'affaire Dreyfus. Chagall, Modigliani, Soutine, Kikoïne illustrent, parmi d'autres artistes, la présence juive dans l'art du XX siècle. Tout au long de l'année, le Musée présente des expositions thématiques, historiques, photographiques ou d'a

JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. THE BARBICAN AND THE FLORIANSKA GATE - KRAKOW/POLAND.

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Wednesday, Adar 27, 5775. March 18, 2015. Shalom! World. The Barbican Fears of Turkish invasion led to the construction of this once mighty fortress and drawbridge. Surrounded by a huge moat, the Barbican was never put to its original use- the Turks never came. The seven turrets and loopholes arranged at various levels are said to relate to astrological symbolism popular at the time. Today its grassed-over surrounds allow for a pleasant stroll into the Old Town from the north, linked to the Florianska Gate and the shopping stretch of Florianska. The showpiece of the city's medieval defences, the Barbican was built at the end of the 15th century to protect Krakow's mais entrance and was connected  to the Florianska Gate via a drawbridge over the moat that surrounded it 24.4 metres in diameter with walls 3 meters thick this masterpiece of medieval military engineering proved impenatrable and today stands as one of the only surviving structures of its kind in Eur

JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. CAFÉS: TO DRINK, TO EAT, TO READ, TO THINK, AND OTHERS THINGS. LUBLIN/POLAND.

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Yom rishom, Adar 24, 5775. Sunday, March 15, 2015. Shalom! World. Vanilla Café Vanilla Cafe is located in the heart of the city, in the historic seventeenth century building in Lublin suburb, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 12, in Lublin. Every day there is an aromatic coffee, which is always accompanied by shortbread cookie with hand made pink fill, the symbol of the coffee. On the site you can find daily pies and desserts made by the pastry chefs - sofy cheesecakes, pies delicious meringue, fruit pies and traditional apple pie. On menu you will also find omelets, fluffy pancakes, delicate appetizers, pastas, salads and seafood. The dishes served in the cafeteria are the result of Mediterranean cuisine inspiration, the search for new flavors, ingredients and find unusual ways to combine them. they try to make your taste buds can taste the unique and sensational dishes. All served the dishes are freshly prepared on the basis of the highest quality ingredients an