Dotan Goren, Author at סגולה

Lost to Lebanon – Metula’s Lebanese Fields

Though founded 130 years ago, Metula remains Israel’s northernmost settlement. How did most of its farmland end up in the Lebanese municipality of Marjayoun? And how did Metula’s residents fight back? Dotan Goren On March...

20th century

Articles

British Mandate

Galilee

Uphill Battle – Temple Mount: Modern Jewish Attitudes

Dotan Goren

Today most Jews visiting the Temple Mount are religious and of a certain stripe, but when the site opened to non-Muslims in the mid-19th century, it was generally secular Jewish tourists who seized the opportunity...

Articles

Issue 61 | May 2022

Truck convoy bringing supplies to Negba, 1939 I Photo: Rubinstein, JNF Photo Archive

Breakthrough to the Negev – Jewish Settlement of the Negev

Dotan Goren

At the end of the 1930s, the land of Israel’s parched south was devoid of Jewish settlement. In the decade leading up to the establishment of the State of Israel, however, the region suddenly boomed,...

Articles

Issue 70 | September 2024

Land of Israel

Pre-state of Israel

Zionism

Dancing to Bar Yohai’s Tomb – Meron Pilgrimage

Dotan Goren

Over the centuries, Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai’s grave on Mount Meron has drawn pilgrims in increasing numbers, peaking with both celebrations and controversy on the anniversary of his death. The pre-state procession of musicians and...

20th century

Articles

Historic Walks in Israel

Issue 64 | March 2023

Lag B'Omer

Land of Israel