benjamin netanyahu
Today there is a very small Jewish community in Krakow, Poland. Hitler's Holocaust all but eliminated the thriving Jewish area of the city. The "Ariel" is a delightful Jewish restaurant that features traditional Jewish food in an atmosphere of mahogany tables with lace tablecloths, paintings of Jewish life, lit menorahs, and yes…live Klezmer music. At the historic "Cloth Marker" on the square you will find Klezmer musicians carved in wood!
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Chagall's "The Fiddler"
CD from Perlman's performance on PBS
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The Isaacsons
Romans take the land and send the Isaacsons (Jews) away. The Isaacsons try to make a new life in the countries of Europe, but they are no accepted and are treated badly. During the Holocaust 6 million of them are murdered.
Neither side trusts the other, and the histories of both peoples give them reasons to distrust everyone but themselves ---"What is the solution"
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The Ishmaelsons
Recognizing that their survival as a people can only be realized in their homeland, the Isaacsons return to Israel.
The Ishmaelsons (Palestinians-Muslimes) moved into the land after the Romans left and created their own country. They had been living there 1300 years.
...now the Palestinians must leave
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DAY 5: St. Helen - St. Helen was the mother of St. Constantine the Great. After St. Constantine became the sole ruler of the Western Roman Empire, he guaranteed religious tolerance for Christianity which had been banned from Rome. St. Helen, who was a Christian, may have influenced him in this decision. After three hundred years of persecution, Christians could finally practice their faith without fear.
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St. Helen with the cross
inside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem --site of Jesus's birth
inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre -site of Jesus's tomb
the Church of the Garden of Gethsemane where Christ prayed
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