Quick Looks at Books
The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic | Reading Herzl in Beirut Sara Jo Ben-Zvi The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s AtticRereading the Women of the Talmud Gila FineMaggid Books, 2024, 249 pages It’s rare to...
Sara Jo Ben-Zvi
Editor of Segula. A graduate of Cambridge University, she completed rabbinic advocate studies and lectures widely on Jewish history and the Bible
A Day at the Museum | Bialik Square
A nostalgic, European-style city square has been renovated once again, this time commemorating a century since Hayim Nahman Bialik’s arrival in Tel Aviv Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Bialik Square is one of Tel Aviv’s oldest public...
Shlomo Moussaieff’s Antiquities – Solomon’s Treasures
Stepping into the world of Shlomo Moussaieff's antiquities collection at his home in Herzliya is more like walking into a magical Aladdin's cave than a neatly categorized museum. His fascinating – and controversial – collection...
Book Review | Social Vision
Rooting the Rebbe’s far-reaching campaigns directly in the Baal Shem Tov’s ideology, a sociologist explains why the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s vision was best suited to and carried out from the land of the free Sara Jo...
Book Review | House on Endless Waters
A spontaneous visit to Amsterdam produces a tale within a tale, as the author, her characters, and their creations exchange identities against a background of betrayal and rescue under Nazi rule Sara Jo Ben-Zvi House...
Book Review | The Book of Exodus
Sara Jo Ben-Zvi The Book of ExodusA Biography Joel S. BadenPrinceton University Press, 2019,237 pages What can Princeton University’s Lives of Great Religious Books series possibly add to the reams already written on the enormous...
Up Against The Wall – Steinberger Sukka
Spanning numerous countries and generations, the remarkable odyssey of Arye Steinberger’s sukka art mirrors that of the Jewish people. Both have survived against all odds Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Walking into the first exhibit hall of...
A Dig Full of Holes – Maresha
Has the Maresha excavation unearthed a pile of junk or the key to a Judea much more diverse than we’d supposed? The best thing is, you can find out for yourself Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Maresha...
