Tamar HaYardeni, Author at סגולה

Lords of the Desert – Nabateans

After dominating the desert landscape of the Middle East and controlling the immensely profitable Incense Route for almost thirteen hundred years, the Nabateans and their fabled wealth disappeared into the shifting sands. What brought down...

Articles

Issue 33 | August 2016

Tale of a Trail | Lake Yeruham

Tamar HaYardeni

Lack of water was one of the young State of Israel’s greatest challenges. Though desalinization has made that issue history, the story of Lake Yeruham reflects the state’s changing attitude toward water over the years...

Columns

Issue 66 | December 2023

Fascinating phenomena – but who built them and why? Answers were provided only in the 1970s. Cave with niches in Tel Maresha | Photo: Mboesch

Tale of a Trail | Khirbet Midras

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Scrambling through the hidden tunnel network of Khirbet Midras takes one back to the claustrophobic perils faced by the Bar Kokhba rebels Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Khirbet Midras Extensive tunnel network from the Bar Kokhba...

Columns

Issue 68 | March 2024

Tale of a Trail | Muristan Market

Tamar HaYardeni

Like the center of a five-pointed star, marked by a fountain and surrounded by storefronts, the Muristan Market in Jerusalem’s Old City draws tourists, garment manufacturers, and serious shoppers alike Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Muristan...

Columns

Issue 75 | December 2025

Greatness in Store – Gittel Dinowitz

Tamar HaYardeni

Very few know anything about her, and even the street sign bearing her name says precious little. Yet Gittel Dinowitz was a pillar of pre-state Jerusalem’s Old City, her leadership growing out of the store...

20th century

Articles

Israel's wars

Issue 68 | March 2024

Tale of a Trail | Gihon Spring

Tamar HaYardeni

Jerusalem’s water supply has been vulnerable to attack since antiquity, prompting ingenious solutions that have long intrigued archaeologists. What made the city’s water source so unusual – and how was it protected from enemies? Tamar...

Antiquity

Columns

Issue 74 | October 2025

Jerusalem

Sukkot

Tale of a Trail

Tale of a Trail | Nicanor’s Cave

Tamar HaYardeni

Nestled in the botanical gardens on the Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus campus is a small burial cave dating from the Second Temple period. A century ago, this ancient site briefly came to life Tamar HaYardeni...

Tale of a Trail | Sa’ad

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The founders of Kibbutz Sa’ad (literally, “Aid”) didn’t choose that name, but the establishment of this collective between Gaza and Beersheba in 1947 certainly aided in the Negev’s inclusion in the Jewish state Tamar HaYardeni...

Columns

Historic Walks in Israel

Issue 67 | December 2023

Land of Israel

Pre-state of Israel

Tale of a trail | Monastery of the Cross

Tamar HaYardeni

In a picturesque valley dividing Israel’s parliament and government offices from Jerusalem’s ritzier areas, an ancient monastery nestles within a small nature reserve. Traces of hidden treasure, desperate struggle, and daring heroes are said to...

Columns

Issue 72 | March 2025

Jerusalem

Medieval Period

Tale of a Trail | The Store

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Behind an innocent-looking Tel Aviv storefront, Israel’s infant arms industry churned out bullets, mortars, and guns right under the British Mandate’s nose Tamar HaYardeni Where To? The Store Secret Hagana armory10 Ha-sharon Street, Tel Aviv...

Columns

Issue 73 | June 2025

Tale of a Trail | Beit Immanuel, Jaffa

Tamar HaYardeni

An American villa, a Russian baron with Swiss and Ethiopian wives, and a tropical garden with trees from all over the world. Beit Immanuel, in Jaffa’s German Colony, typifies the multiethnic land of Israel before...

19th century

Columns

Historic Walks in Israel

Issue 70 | September 2024

Tel Aviv

Tamar HaYardeni

Lords of the Desert – Nabateans

Tale of a Trail | Lake Yeruham

Tale of a Trail | Khirbet Midras

Tale of a Trail | Muristan Market

Greatness in Store – Gittel Dinowitz

Tale of a Trail | Gihon Spring

Tale of a Trail | Nicanor’s Cave

Tale of a Trail | Sa’ad

Tale of a trail | Monastery of the Cross

Tale of a Trail | The Store

Tale of a Trail | Beit Immanuel, Jaffa

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