18 | Tishrei 5774 | September 2013
11 18 Secrets of the Qumran Calendar // Shlomit Kendi-Harel Why did the mysterious ascetics of the Dead Sea sect and the wealthy Jerusalemite priests of the Second Temple clash over the calendar? Could the...
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13 | Tishrei 5773 | October 2012
11 - Together in Spirit // Dov Kesselman Pilgrimage has long been a means of spiritual uplift and healing. Crossing cultures and eras, the human urge to seek religious inspiration in specific places is as strong...
8 | Kislev 5772 | December 2011
8 A Stele in the Museum and a Horse in the Temple // Nir Rachkovsky Fragments of an ancient inscription now on display at the Israel Museum corroborate a colorful tale appearing in II Maccabees –...
Mark Gertler – Nothing but Art
Mark Gertler Mark Gertler (1891-1939) was born into a Yiddish-speaking Polish family living in a one-room flat in London’s East End. His early artistic promise was rewarded in 1908 with a scholarship from the Jewish...
4 | Nisan 5771 | April 2011
4 The Pilgrims' Progress // Shulamith Mishkin As we follow at the footsteps of the Second Temple period pilgrims, the archeological remains of ancient Jerusalem bring their experience vividly to life. The vibrant pageant of...
6 | Av-Elul 5771 | Aug-Sept 2011
6 The Stargazer // Alex Tal As the scientific and religious boundaries of the Middle Ages began to give way, David Gans explored both the Kabbala of Maharal and the new cosmology of Tycho Brahe...
7 | Tishrei 5772 | October 2011
7 100 Good Years // Rachel Sarfati New Year card hold a fascinating record of the previous century [icon name="file-text-o" class="" unprefixed_class=""] Read the article in the digital version - King of Cantors // Akiva Zimmerman From...
3 | Shevat 5771 | January 2011
3 Guardian of Jewish Women // Hanan Harif Although Bertha Pappenheim never had children of her own, she did everything she could to rescue Jewish women and children from a cruel fate, laying the foundations for...
A Brief History of the Hasmoneans
Hasmonean generations (click image to enlarge) All in the Family Priestly families preferred to marry within their own privileged class, but the Hasmoneans took this practice to something of an extreme. Despite the rivalry between...
Written Off
Footloose and Fancy-Free “Journal, La Guayra, 1844,” the cover of the precious diary reads. Its nineteen-year-old author identifies herself as “Henrietta.” Four years later, she would leave Venezuela and enter the United States as “Henretty...
Shtreimel Variations: The History of a Hat
No Fur Thank You! The Israeli legislature has been debating the legality of the local fur trade since 2009, when the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Law (Amendment 8) was submitted to the Knesset. Demand...
