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56 | Adar 5781 | February 2021

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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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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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It Takes a (Hasidic) Village

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Where to? Unique ultra-Orthodox pioneer village at the foot of Carmel Mountains area map The Masters’ Journey Every good story of pioneer Zionism has its share of swamps, malaria, and Arab marauders – and preferably...
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Flowing But Not Forgotten

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- - House on Endless Waters Emuna Elon Atria Books (Simon & Schuster), 2020, 320 pages “Those waters have already flowed onwards” is the practical yet poetic statement with which the fictitious Dutch heroine of Emuna...
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50 | Kislev 5780 | December 2019

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- - Voice behind the Iron Curtain // Zvi Golany Israel’s USSR Liaison Bureau saw Nehama Lipshitz as its one-man “Light Music Department,” broadcasting directly to the heart of Russian Jewry. Ditching a Lithuanian opera...
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One Minute to Midnight

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In loving memory of Dr. Moshe Avital, Holocaust scholar, educator, author, and speaker, whose unwavering faith, courage, and resilience inspired so many. Lessons from History – innovative educational Jewish history programs Seventeen years ago, as...
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