Segula Editorial

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...

45 Pools and Palaces // Eyal Regev Did the later Hasmoneans really become Hellenized, as many have theorized? Or were they like their palaces – Hellenist on the outside but Jewish within? The Hasmoneans were...

33   Blank Page // Yemima Hovav One of Victorian England’s more flamboyant politicians, Benjamin Disraeli was baptized as a child but remained proud of his Sephardic Jewish origins. His sharp wit, social grace, and...

31 The Man Who Plucked Bread from the Sky // Ran Levi One of the greatest chemists of all time, Fritz Haber saved the world from famine but went on to father chemical warfare. Even his...

  32 My Son the Pirate // Yoav Pulver Few rabbis have lived a life as colorful as Samuel Pallache. Merchant, diplomat, and emissary to the king of Morocco, Pallache even resorted to piracy to exact...

  Healing Minds // Gabriel Bukobza Exchanging the lab for the analyst’s couch, Sigmund Freud defied the scientific conventions of his day. The man who attributed supreme importance to early childhood benefitted from his own...

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 23 Tomorrow’s War // Yishai Fraenkel The greatest tragedy of World War One was the fact that its leaders started out fighting yesterday’s war – and their troops paid a terrible price. New weapons wrought...

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 - 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,...