The Pledge on the Mountain – Sigd

For generations, the Jews of Ethiopia renewed God’s covenant with an annual pilgrimage to a sacred mountain. What remains of that ritual in Israel today?

Witness for the Defense – Rabbi Zadoc Kahn

Rabbi Zadoc Kahn stood firm against the rising tide of French anti-Semitism following the Dreyfus trial. Accomplished philosopher and fearless Zionist, Kahn was proud to count among his friends not only Baron Rothschild, but France’s most notorious “traitor”

Hebrew Hum | One Cup of Water

Sieges make us think of medieval walled cities, but elderly Jerusalemites still remember the siege they lived through during the War of Independence – and may still retain some of the habits it engrained. A cheerful song about tough times