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At least 40,000 Jews gather in Hebron to mark biblical purchase of Cave of the Patriarchs
in which the Biblical patriarch Abraham buys the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron in order to bury his dead wife Sarah. JERUSALEM (JTA) — Tens of thousands of Jewish Israelis and visitors came ...
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Michael Steinhardt’s looted Israeli antiquity came from same caves his donations helped preserve
Vandals had snuck in and plundered the caves, enlarging a passageway between ... funded by Steinhardt with the goal of strengthening Jewish identity for Diaspora Jews. More than mere tourists ...