Sara Jo Ben-Zvi, Author at סגולה

Book Review | Mavericks, Mystics and False Messiahs

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Mavericks, Mystics and False MessiahsEpisodes from the Margins of Jewish History Pini DunnerToby Press, 2018, 208 pages What do the following Jews –variously famous andobscure – have in common: Shabbetai Tzvi,...

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Issue 48 | July 2019

Quick Looks at Books

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

People Love Dead Jews | The Letters Project | Abraham Joshua Heschel Sara Jo Ben-Zvi People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present Dara HornW. W. Norton Company, 2021237 pages Dara Horn’s...

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Issue 60 | February 2022

Quick Looks at Books

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Karl Marx | The Lady of Hebrew and Her Lovers of Zion | Esther in America Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Karl Marx Shlomo AvineriYale University Press, 2019, 240 pages A world expert on Marx, Shlomo...

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Issue 57 | June 2021

A Day at the Museum | ANU

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

The reborn Museum of the Diaspora has a new name, a new narrative, and a new purpose Sara Jo Ben-Zvi courtesy of ANU Museum of the Jewish People ANUMuseum of the Jewish People Tel Aviv...

Columns

Issue 57 | June 2021

Book Review | Revolution in Paradise

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Yehuda Moraly’s examination of French cinema under German occupation reveals an uncomfortable subtext its creators have tried to erase Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Revolution in Paradise: Veiled Representations of Jewish Characters in the Cinema of Occupied...

Issue 52 | April 2020

WWII

Film review | An Officer and a Spy

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

The hero of Roman Polanski’s new film isn’t Dreyfus, or even Zola, but the French officer whose pursuit of justice led to the Jew’s release Sara Jo Ben-Zvi An Officer and a Spy Roman Polanski132...

Issue 52 | April 2020

Paris

People

Quick Looks at Books

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Ani Maamin | Walter Kaufmann | Hannah’s War Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Ani Maamin: Biblical Criticism, Historical Truth, and the Thirteen Principles of Faith Joshua BermanMaggid Press, 2020, 334 pages Not strictly speaking a history...

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Issue 55 | December 2020

Quick Looks at Books

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Karaism: An Introduction to the Oldest Surviving Alternative Judaism | The Wealthy Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Karaism: An Introduction to the Oldest Surviving Alternative Judaism Daniel J. LaskerLittman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2022253 pages A...

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Issue 61 | May 2022

Quick Looks at Books

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Medicine: From Biblical Canaan to Modern Israel | Cities of Splendour in the Shaping of Sephardi History | Memorable Sephardi Voices | Contextualizing Jewish Temples Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Medicine: From Biblical Canaan to Modern Israel...

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Issue 59 | November 2021

Quick Looks at Books

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Categorically Jewish, Distinctly Polish | An Unchosen People | Jews and Their Roman Rivals | The 36 Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Categorically Jewish, Distinctly PolishPolish Jewish History Reflected and Refracted Moshe RosmanLittman Library of Jewish Civilization,...

20th century

Book Reviews

Columns

Issue 63 | December 2022

Land of Israel

Poland

Roman Empire

Tale of a Trail | Herodium National Park

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Why did Herod bury his architectural masterpiece and final resting place, and who discovered it? Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Where To? Herodium National Park Herzl has Herzliya, Montefiore has the Jerusalem neighborhood of Yemin Moshe,...

Antiquity

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Herod

Historic Walks in Israel

Issue 63 | December 2022

Land of Israel

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Book Review | Mavericks, Mystics and False Messiahs

Quick Looks at Books

Quick Looks at Books

A Day at the Museum | ANU

Book Review | Revolution in Paradise

Film review | An Officer and a Spy

Quick Looks at Books

Quick Looks at Books

Quick Looks at Books

Quick Looks at Books

Tale of a Trail | Herodium National Park

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