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56 | Adar 5781 | February 2021

Old Sparks, New Vessels Hasidism emerged with unexpected success at the dawn of modernity thanks to Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov’s skillful fusion of folk wisdom and religious ecstasy. He subtly wove innovation into the...

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Babylonian Deluge

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This article was published in issue 55 | kislev 5781 | December 2020 Excavations in Tell Kuyunjiq – site of ancient Nineveh – from Austen Henry Layard’s travelogue, Nineveh and Its Remains, 1849 Early success, tragic...

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55 | Kislev 5781 | December 2020

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Going with the Flow Levi Eshkol may not have been the greatest orator in Israeli history, but his masterful management of the country’s scant water sources facilitated Zionist settlement and made the Negev desert bloom...

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The Pied Piper of Yom Kippur

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This article was published in issue 54 | Tishrei 5781 | September 2020 The leader who remade Lubavitch as a global brand. Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch, also known as Rayatz, in the 1920s Photo:...

Festivals of Tishrei

54 | Tishrey 5781 | September 2020

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. Sheriff of Tel Aviv Meir Dizengoff didn’t actually found Tel Aviv, but as its first mayor he reigned there supreme, building the first Hebrew-speaking city since the biblical period. And Dizengoff created this “Israeli...

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black wedding

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This article was published in issue 53 | Av 5780 | July 2020 On the first day of Nisan, 1909, a Jerusalem burial society made the following entry in its log: Let it be noted for...

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black wedding

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This article was published in issue 53 | Av 5780 | July 2020 On the first day of Nisan, 1909, a Jerusalem burial society made the following entry in its log: Let it be noted for...

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One Hundred Good Years

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This article is dedicated in memory of Haim Stier, who passed away in the course of our combined efforts to transfer his extensive collection of New Year cards to the Israel Museum. (Published at Issue...

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53 | Av 5780 | July 2020

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. Conspiracy or Contagion? Long before covid-19, the fledgling State of Israel battled deadly epidemics in its immigrant absorption camps. Yemenite infants were the hardest hit, and inadequate record-keeping meant that many fell through...

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All-American Rebbe

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- Social Vision: The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Transformative Paradigm for the World Philip Wexler with Eli Rubin and Michael Wexler Herder and Herder, Crossroad Publishing Co. New York, 2019, 265 pages In this extremely erudite and fascinating...

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52 | Nisan 5780 | April 2020

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. Counting the Hours When did people begin telling time? Many ancient societies divided day and night into units whose length or number varied with the seasons. What advantages did variable-length hours provide, and...

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שרה ג´ו בן צבי

56 | Adar 5781 | February 2021

Babylonian Deluge

55 | Kislev 5781 | December 2020

The Pied Piper of Yom Kippur

54 | Tishrey 5781 | September 2020

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One Hundred Good Years

53 | Av 5780 | July 2020

All-American Rebbe

52 | Nisan 5780 | April 2020

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