Segula Editorial

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 24 The Youngest Maccabi // Haggai Misgav Guerilla leader turned charismatic statesman, Jonathan the Hasmonean exchanged his daring tactics for shrewd diplomacy to take the Hasmonean rebellion center stage - Yodit the Ethiopian Cinderella // Steven...

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 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...

9 Topsy-Turvy // Yair Lifshitz An annual outlet for the pressure cooker of the medieval Jewish community, the Purim spiel subtly subverts the power structures of Jewish society, making a mockery of their authority  - Why...

10 Sacrifice in Samaria // Ze’ev H. Ehrlich The paschal lambs are bleating on the road to Nablus. The community elders are decked out in white and the final preparations on Mt. Gerizim near completion -...

11 Strength in Numbers // Jeffrey S. Gurock For one in four New Yorkers at the turn of the twentieth century, Jewish identity was in the streets they walked and the air they breathed. In the...