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Melanie Lidman

Melanie Lidman

The Times of Israel

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100,000-year-old burial site in Israel reveals complex rituals of early humans

100,000-year-old burial site in Israel reveals complex rituals of early humans

Archaeologists find skeletons at Tinshemet Cave in north, along with pebbles, animal remains and a reddish pigment made from rocks, which experts...

24.07.2025 10

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Melanie Lidman

A Ukrainian fled to Israel, then an Iranian missile shattered her new life

‘I didn’t understand that it was possible here,’ says Tetiana Kurakova, who departed Ukraine upon Russian invasion only to have her...

20.06.2025 70

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Melanie Lidman

GOP lawmakers berate Haverford College chief for silence on antisemitism discipline

At congressional hearing, school president Wendy Raymond declines to detail punishments for students and faculty accused of anti-Jewish bias; some...

08.05.2025 30

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Melanie Lidman

Mother of hostage Elkana Bohbot fumes over mixed signals on how many captives dead

Ruhama Bohbot says ‘impossible’ to know if her son is still alive ‘amidst all of the things that are not OK’ about his still being held...

08.05.2025 20

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Melanie Lidman

After initial ecstasy of freedom, released hostages face long road to recovery

‘I don’t think my brain has really grasped everything,’ says Ilana Gritzewsky, who came back in November 2023

31.01.2025 10

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Melanie Lidman

Kibbutz Manara, destroyed by Hezbollah’s rockets, starts to pick up the pieces

Members of the community begin appraisal process to see what can be salvaged after vast majority of homes were destroyed or damaged in Hezbollah...

28.01.2025 40

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Melanie Lidman

‘For 60 years, I didn’t talk’: How one survivor made Holocaust memory his mission

Naftali Fürst was 12 years old when he was sent to Auschwitz; now, on the 80th anniversary of its liberation, he will return to the Nazi death camp...

24.01.2025 20

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Melanie Lidman