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17Don’t Call Me Joseph // Haggai Misgav
Scion of an aristocratic, priestly family in Jerusalem, Josephus Flavius explored various sects in search of his identity. As a rebel commander in the Great Revolt, he defected to the Romans, becoming one of the most controversial figures in Jewish history
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Fight for the Spirit // Isaac Hershkowitz
Though physical help was largely beyond their powers, Jewish religious leaders in the Holocaust sought to ease the spiritual pain of their followers, searching for the path by which Judaism, as well as Jews, could survive
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Two Gun Cohen // Sara Jo Ben-Zvi
A delinquent East Ender makes good as a brigadier general in revolutionary China. Not quite your typical Jewish immigrant route – but then there was nothing ordinary about Morris Cohen except his name
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Banned for Eternity // Asael Abelman
Even in liberal 17th-century Amsterdam, Jews and Christians alike were appalled by Spinoza’s heretical philosophy. But far from silencing the renegade, his excommunication only made the quiet recluse into an icon
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Trainspotting // Gil Zohar
The Israel Railway Museum, in Haifa’s Ottoman-era train station, eagerly awaits the new golden age of rail in Israel
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History Lives
History Counts – Professor Israel Aumann // Anat Adler-Tal
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From the Archives
Passport Control // Yochai Ben-Gedalia
What conclusive proof of identity could a traveler offer when no photographs existed? The ins and outs of travel passes
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