Anyone know what this is?

Shavuot

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May 27th 2010
Jerusalem is generally not one of those cities about which it is said, "If you don't like the weather, just wait a minute." Yet the past few weeks have been bizarre! The temperature soared up into the 90's for a couple of days, hot and clear, and then dropped down into the 60's with chilly nights. Today is a sharav, a hot, heavy day with the air so filled with exceedingly fine dust or sa ... read more

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more