2 March 2026 | Author/Destination: European Free Trade Association | Category: General
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The Beth Yaakov Synagogue, also the Great Synagogue or the Grande Synagogue, is a
Jewish congregation and
synagogue , located at 11 Place de la Synagogue,
Geneva , in the
Canton of Geneva ,
Switzerland . Located in the heart of Geneva, the synagogue was completed in 1859 for the
Ashkenazi Jewish community, which comprised about 200 people at the time of the synagogue’s construction.
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13 February 2026 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Category: General , Union for the Mediterranean
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The Nova Festival Victims Memorial is a monument commemorating the victims of the
Nova music festival massacre during the
October 7 attacks . It is located in the Re’im parking lot near
Re’im in the
Southern District of
Israel , where the festival took place on October 6–7, 2023.
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9 February 2026 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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Congregation Emanu-El of
San Francisco ,
California is one of the three
oldest Jewish congregations in California , and one of the largest Jewish congregations in the United States. A member of the
Union for Reform Judaism , Congregation Emanu-El is a significant gathering place for the
Bay Area Jewish community .
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28 January 2026 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Theodor Meron,
CMG (born 28 April 1930) is an American lawyer and judge. He served as a judge of the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism). He served as President of the ICTY four times (2002-2005 and 2011–2015) and inaugural President of the Mechanism for three terms (2012–2019).
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27 January 2026 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Category: General , Union for the Mediterranean
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🔊 Listen to this Post Exodus 1947 was a
packet steamship that was built in the
United States in 1928 as
President Warfield for the
Baltimore Steam Packet Company . From her completion in 1928 until 1942 she carried passengers and freight across
Chesapeake Bay between
Norfolk, Virginia and
Baltimore ,
Maryland .
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16 January 2026 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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Beth Israel Congregation is a
Reform Jewish congregation and
synagogue located at 5315 Old Canton Road in
Jackson ,
Mississippi ,
United States . Organized in 1860 by
Jews of German background , it is the only Jewish synagogue in Jackson. Beth Israel built the first synagogue in Mississippi in 1867, and, after it burned down, its 1874 replacement was at one time the oldest religious building in Jackson.
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13 January 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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Vinnytsia is a
city in west-central
Ukraine , located on the banks of the
Southern Bug . It serves as the
administrative center of
Vinnytsia Oblast . It is the largest city in the historic region of
Podillia . It also serves as the administrative center of
Vinnytsia Raion , one of the six raions of Vinnytsia Oblast. It has a population of 356 379 (2025).
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2 January 2026 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Miami / South Florida
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Surfside is a town in
Miami-Dade County, Florida , United States. Surfside is a primarily residential beachside community, with several multistory condominium buildings adjacent to
Surfside Beach on the
Atlantic Ocean . The town is bordered on the south by the
North Beach neighborhood of
Miami Beach , on the north by
Bal Harbour , on the west by
Biscayne Bay , and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. It also serves as part of the
Miami metropolitan area of
South Florida . The population was 5,689 as of the
2020 census .
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24 December 2025 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Frank Gehry
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Frank Owen Gehry was a Canadian and American architect and designer known for his
postmodern designs and use of unconventional forms and materials. A number of
his buildings , including
his private residence in
Santa Monica, California , have become attractions. His most famous works include the
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain, the
Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the
Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. These buildings are characterized by their sculptural, often undulating exteriors and innovative use of materials such as titanium and stainless steel.
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