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On Feb. 1, 1948, the office building shared by the Palestine Post and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was rocked by an explosion on Ha-Solel street. [[READMORE]] The incident ranks as one of the most dangerous moments in JTA history since 1923.  Check out British newsreel video recapping the incident.  

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Some are profoundly impacted by historical events; others have a profound impact on history. Nathan Straus witnessed and prevented tragedies of historic proportions in his lifetime. [[READMORE]] Nathan Straus was born on Jan. 31, 1848 and died in 1931. A proponent of pasteurized milk as an adult, his actions are credited with saving countless lives […]

To date, the most hazardous on-the-job moment I’ve faced at JTA was a flooded hotel room toilet in 2009. You can appreciate, then, how humbling it was for me to dig up these stories about JTA correspondents who survived landmine explosions, detainment in concentration camps and being held prisoner by Hitler. Coinciding with the Winter […]

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