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Flowing But Not Forgotten

By Sara Jo Ben Zvi - 6 January 2020
Modern Times

A spontaneous visit to Amsterdam produces a tale within a tale, as the author, her characters, and their creations exchange...

Find yourself in Jewish history!

By Sara Jo Ben Zvi - 5 September 2019
Modern Times

The Book of Exodus: A Biography

By Sara Jo Ben Zvi - 4 August 2019
Modern Times

Crowds accompanying the ashes from Austrian concentration camps as Kahane brought them to Mt. Zion, June 26, 1949

Shmuel Zanwil Kahane and the Legend of the Holy Ashes

By Sara Jo Ben Zvi - 28 July 2019
Modern Times

Drawing on the wellsprings of classic Jewish exegetical literature, Shmuel Zanwil Kahane penned myths of Israel’s renewal, inserting himself into...

Mark Gertler – Nothing but Art

By Sara Jo Ben Zvi - 22 January 2019
Modern Times

Maturing early, Mark Gertler exhibited his most famous painting, Merry-Go-Round, at his first solo show in 1916. Staged mid-war, the...

A Brief History of the Hasmoneans

By Sara Jo Ben Zvi - 28 November 2018
Antiquity

A quick glance at the Hasmonean kingdom and dynasty, 167BCE to 28BCE

$Professor Boaz Zisu, Dr. Nagar and Dr. Cohen with the fractured skull$

Cave of Revenge

By Sara Jo Ben Zvi - 24 May 2018
Middle Ages

A sliced skull and amputated right hand dating from the tenth century are the oldest evidence yet discovered in Israel...

Seal impression and drawing with the name Isaiah

Which Isaiah?

By Sara Jo Ben Zvi - 28 February 2018
Antiquity

Eilat Mazar now controversially claims the inscription on a clay bulla she discovered in 2009 proves it belonged to...

Figure in a short toga, one of three grouped together in the mosaic

Trio in Togas

By Sara Jo Ben Zvi - 8 February 2018
Antiquity

An exquisite Roman mosaic has been found by the Crusader bridge leading into Caesarea, hidden until now beneath the...

Archelais. Unsupervised archaeological site in area B

Wanton Destruction on a Calamitous Scale

By Sara Jo Ben Zvi - 8 January 2018

Wholesale looting and destruction of archaeological sites is going on under the nose of the Palestinian Authority. If we don’t...

A Muslim coin from the Umayyad period (8th century), on one side the Arabic inscription "There is no God but Allah" and in the center stands a five-branched Menorah. On the other side of the coin is the Arabic inscription "Muhammad, the messenger of God." These coins were apparently minted in Jerusalem.

What’s a Jewish Menorah doing on early Islamic coins and vessels ?

By Sara Jo Ben Zvi - 18 December 2017
Middle Ages

Islamic Ummayad coins, pottery and other artifacts reveal that Muslims used the symbol of the menorah in the eighth century,...

United Nations Vote – 29 November 1947

By Sara Jo Ben Zvi - 28 November 2017
Modern Times

The UN resolution partitioning Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state passed by 33 votes to 13 - just...

Sara Jo Ben Zvi

Flowing But Not Forgotten

Find yourself in Jewish history!

The Book of Exodus: A Biography

Shmuel Zanwil Kahane and the Legend of the Holy Ashes

Mark Gertler – Nothing but Art

A Brief History of the Hasmoneans

Cave of Revenge

Which Isaiah?

Trio in Togas

Wanton Destruction on a Calamitous Scale

What’s a Jewish Menorah doing on early Islamic coins and vessels ?

United Nations Vote – 29 November 1947

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