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11 21 Treasures of Exile // Eli Gurfinkel Don Isaac Abravanel rose to the greatest heights of two powerful medieval courts only to be dashed to the depths as a fugitive Jew. Was his grandfather’s apostasy...

11 22 A Hebrew Zealot // Yemima Hovav It took him twenty years to produce just one volume of his dictionary, and fewer than three hundred entries in its sixteen volumes were words of his own...

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...

11 19 For Goodness’ Sake // Abigail Green Montefiore’s philanthropy was legend not only among Jews. Working with Christian activists, he promoted Jewish causes in the name of humanity and civilization, and gave without regard for...

11 20 Sassoon and Sons // Gil Zohar Baghdad’s distinguished Sassoon dynasty made globalization its motto before anyone else had even coined the word - When Iran Ruled Jerusalem // Meir Loewenberg Few are aware that in 614...

11 - The Best Defense // Yagil Henkin Ben-Gurion could never have declared a state in May 1948 without first painstakingly transforming Palestine’s ragtag Jewish militias into an army - Year of the Locust // Ari Greenspan...

11 17 Don’t Call Me Joseph // Haggai Misgav Scion of an aristocratic, priestly family in Jerusalem, Josephus Flavius explored various sects in search of his identity. As a rebel commander in the Great Revolt, he...

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...

11 - Herzl's Travels map - No Dream // Yemima Hovav It seems sadly ironic that Theodor Herzl, who probably did more than any other single individual to re-establish a homeland for the Jewish people, failed...

11 - The Spice Queen // Alex Tal Beatrice, Hannah, or Gracia? The lives of the conversos and their descendants in the 16th century were a masquerade of names and identities. Most remarkable was Dona Gracia,...

11  - Jewish? French? Italian! // Yoav Sorek In the foothills of the Italian Alps, far from the oppressive heat of Rome, the Jews of Turin stood out as active players in the struggle for a...