Kaufmann, YeḤezkel
KAUFMANN, YEḤEZKEL (1889–1963), was an Israeli Bible scholar and philosopher of Jewish history. Born in the Ukraine, Kaufmann was educated in Bible, Talmud, and...
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At the time, it was the nation's deadliest commercial airliner crash.All 58 people on board Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 died when the DC-4 plummeted into Lake Michigan on June 23, 1950, en route...
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A judge in Mexico's northern state of Coahuila on Wednesday ordered five mine officials to stand trial on negligent homicide charges in the deaths of 65 coal miners killed in a gas explosion last y...
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Lethem? I just met him! Much has been written about the fact that Brooklyn has more writers per square block than any other place in America (though not more than County Donegal in Ireland; all nam...
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Washington (dpa) - Global efforts to cut corruption and improve
government quality have made little progress in the last 10 years,
despite bright spots mainly in Africa and ...
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More than 1 million revelers, many scantily dressed, danced their way through the streets of Essen Saturday to sound of whistles blowing and techno music for the Love Parade's debut in its new home...
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On the Web site for the world swimming championships, the organizers keep a running medal tally, giving props to the top five countries. Let's see how the United States is faring.Russia is out to q...
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Sometimes, the best laid plans go astray.Conductor Claudio Abbado was to have brought the Swiss orchestra he helped found to Carnegie Hall for the 4-year-old ensemble's U.S. premiere. Then, health ...
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American and European Foulbrood (AFB and EFB) in honeybees is caused by two bacterial species, paenibacillus larvae and melissococcus pluton, respectively. For control of these bacteria, only a few...
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Managers of top-performing funds the past six months have been bulking up tech stocks such as MEMC Electronic Materials WFR, Apple AAPL, Research In Motion RIMM and Nvidia NVDA in their latest repo...
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