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Shmuel Zanwil Kahane’s Map of Holy Sites

The Rock of Destruction Location: Jerusalem Hills Near Eshtaol and Zor’a, atop a barren, stony hill along the road to Jerusalem, a lone rock juts out. Here, according to a legend recorded in the early...

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Postcard from Mount Zion featuring the curator’s blessing and signature|Kahane’s landmarks emphasized Jewish heroism dating back two millennia as opposed to the recent sacrifices of classic Zionist pilgrimage sites. Betar youth movement members beneath the sculpture of the roaring lion commemorating Trumpeldor’s death at Tel Hai

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Nowhere to Go In 1950, Jerusalem gained a new pilgrimage site: the Lion’s Cave, located in the Muslim graveyard of the city’s Mamilla neighborhood. The man responsible for this innovation was the director of Israel’s...

Shmuel Zanwil Kahane and the Legend of the Holy Ashes

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The Curator's Vision Shmuel Zanwil Kahane, director of Israel's Ministry of Religious Affairs from 1949 to 1979, possessed a keen sense of history. Enormous changes had overtaken the Jewish people, demanding a narrative beyond the...