Damned If You Do
Weary and Drained Germany’s surrender to the Allied forces in May 1945 marked the official end of World War II. Soldiers returned home, and Europe set about rebuilding itself. Germany was divided into zones controlled...
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Eilat’s Treasures
We Prefer it Open Traversing the rickety road from the Israeli port of Eilat to its Egyptian equivalent in Taba, past thousands of imported cars lined up in spectacular order, glinting in Eilat’s glaring sun,...
The Pilgrims’ Progress
First Century Pilgrimage It is difficult for us to imagine how the Biblical command of Aliya LeRegel, or pilgrimage, impacted on the lives of Jews some two thousand years ago. When we picture Pesach, we...
Heroes on the Walls of Haifa
The First Crusade In 1071, the Byzantine Empire was dealt a crippling blow when a tribe of Mongolians conquered Anatolia, today a popular tourist destination in Turkey. The Seljuks, as they were called, had left...
Lost in Eilat
Red Sea Port Traversing the rickety road from the Israeli port of Eilat to its Egyptian equivalent in Taba, past thousands of imported cars lined up in spectacular order, glinting in Eilat’s glaring sun, it’s...
Hungarian Schism
The Price of Equality Though Jews campaigned long and hard for equality in their many countries of dispersion, the privilege proved to be a mixed blessing. In Europe, the price of emancipation was total cultural...
Mystery of Caesarea’s Disappearing Port
Impressive and Unique Wending its way up the Mediterranean coast, and weighed down with its cargo of Egyptian wheat, the great merchant ship was headed for Rome and its bustling grain markets. But why not...
The Battle on the Hill
Fighting for Jerusalem In 2003, about a year before Reserves General Rafael Eitan drowned off the coast of Ashdod, he spoke to a group of tour guides on the lawn by San Simon Monastery, in...
Napoleon’s Jewish Court
The True Heirs of Palestine Jews have been fascinated by Napoleon Bonaparte ever since he became fascinated by them. Jewish folklore chronicles his affection and admiration for the people of the book. In Jerusalem’s Hurva...
Haifa and Salonika – the Jewish Ports
Herzl's Port "The coast of Palestine rose on the horizon on a spring morning following one of the mild, soft nights common in the eastern Mediterranean. They stood together on the bridge of the yacht...
Newton’s Fourth Law
A Determined Infant So then ’twas one designe of ye true systeme of ye first institution of ye true religion to propose to mankind by ye frame of ye ancient Temples, the study of the frame of the world as the true...
