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38 Lonely Man of Honor // Yemima Hovav Ultimate visionary and despicable rival, forged in his native Odessa but focused on the Promised Land, Ze’ev Vladimir Jabotinsky was unique – and an outsider – among...

39 Through Lions' Gate // Yagil Henkin Why was the 1967 battle for Jerusalem so different from the way it was planned? Was the heroic capture of Ammunition Hill unnecessary? And why did General Uzi...

40 Long Before Balfour // Ran Ichay While the Balfour Declaration is famous as the first major step toward creating a modern Jewish homeland in the land of Israel, the groundwork was laid centuries earlier,...

41 In the Service of the Czar // Irena Vladimirsky The St. Petersburg police chief, a Russian diplomat, and a comedian all sit down together at the Seder... It sounds like a joke, but Peter the...

42 Lights, Camera, Zionism! // Zahi Cohen What made Hollywood’s favorite screenwriter work for the Zionist underground? Was it Ben Hecht’s warm heart, his stormy personality, his shocking discovery of Nazi atrocities – or all...

43 Herzl’s Psychodrama // Yehuda Moraly Writing The New Ghetto clearly changed Theodor Herzl. Could this forgotten play have been the crucible that forged The Jewish State? - Beyond the Sambatyon // Moti Benmelech The...

44 Coded for Print // Tirza Kelman Growing up in the wake of the invention of the printing press and in the shadow of the expulsion from Spain, Rabbi Yosef Karo dreamed of a code of...

46 Egypt’s Jewish Molière // Amr Zakaria Khalil Banished from Egypt time and again for promoting nationalism and exposing government corruption, James Sanua harnessed humor and drama to continue jabbing at the regime from afar. Soon...

36 Two-Faced Hadrian // Haggai Misgav In Jewish tradition, he was one of the most ruthless tyrants who ever rose up to destroy us, but to the millions of other nationals under his sway, he...

  37 A Woman’s Hand // Tova Cohen The first modern Hebrew writers were mostly young, educated, secular, European – and male. Yet despite the barriers of gender and education, a few women also published...