Tamar HaYardeni, Author at סגולה

Tale of a Trail | Mikveh Israel

Jules Védrines was the first to fly to the Holy Land, though he skipped Jerusalem. But what made the famous pilot miss his designated landing at Mikveh Israel? Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Mikveh IsraelThe temporary...

Columns

Historic Walks in Israel

Issue 76 | March 2026

Jaffa

Land of Israel

Pre-state of Israel

Building Zion the Bauhaus Way – Zionist Architecture

Tamar HaYardeni

How did the International Style, associated primarily with the Bauhaus school, become the signature look of Zionist construction? Tamar HaYardeni Creating a state isn’t easy. For one thing, it requires a clear understanding of the...

Articles

Issue 60 | February 2022

Tale of a Trail | Northern Dead Sea

Tamar HaYardeni

Though the planet’s lowest point might sound like hell on earth, a few crazy dreamers discovered its heavenly promise of health and beauty. The story of Dead Sea Works’ rise from the sands Tamar HaYardeni...

Columns

Issue 61 | May 2022

Tale of a Trail | Khirbet Bak, Mount Meron

Tamar HaYardeni

Israel Bak wasn’t one to give up. The first printer in Ottoman Palestine, he also established an agricultural village on Mount Meron in a series of none-too-successful pioneering endeavors Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Khirbet Bak,...

Columns

Issue 59 | November 2021

Tale of a Trail | Cave of the Patriarchs

Tamar HaYardeni

Generations of rulers and believers have added layers of construction to the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, but mystery still shrouds the original cave’s dark depths Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Cave of the PatriarchsSacred...

Columns

Issue 62 | September 2022

Lords of the Desert – Nabateans

Tamar HaYardeni

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

Tamar HaYardeni

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

Tamar HaYardeni

Tale of a Trail | Mikveh Israel

Building Zion the Bauhaus Way – Zionist Architecture

Tale of a Trail | Northern Dead Sea

Tale of a Trail | Khirbet Bak, Mount Meron

Tale of a Trail | Cave of the Patriarchs

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

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