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Tale of a Trail | Ades Synagogue

A tiny architectural jewel nestled within the picturesque jumble of Jerusalem’s Nahlaot neighborhood, the Ades Synagogue preserves the traditional craftsmanship and liturgy of Jewish Aleppo Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Ades SynagogueJewish Aleppo’s historic synagogue in...

Bezalel School

Columns

Hanukkah

Issue 77 | June 2026

Jerusalem

Pre-state of Israel

Syrian Jews

Tale of a Trail | Muhraka

Tamar HaYardeni

How did the statue of Elijah in the Carmelite monastery on Keren Carmel lose its arm, then regain it? Of Scripture and sculpture Tamar HaYardeni Where To? MuhrakaStatue of Elijah at Keren Carmel Monastery ...

Columns

Issue 54 | September 2020

Tale of a Trail | Hamat Gader

Tamar HaYardeni

From ancient geological wonder to crocodile spa, Hamat Gader has gone through many incarnations and as many hands. Despite its pagan statues, its hot springs drew even the Talmudic sages Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Hamat...

Columns

Issue 56 | March 2021

Tale of a Trail | Mikveh Israel

Tamar HaYardeni

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...

architecture

Articles

Issue 60 | February 2022

Pre-state of Israel

Tel Aviv

Zionism

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,...

19th century

Columns

entrepreneurs

Issue 59 | November 2021

Lag B'Omer

Land of Israel

Zionism

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...

Historic Walks in Israel

Issue 62 | September 2022

Post-1948

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...

archaeology

Articles

Hasmonean period

Issue 33 | August 2016

Jordan

Kings

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

Historic Walks in Israel

Issue 66 | September 2023

Land of Israel

Post-1948

Zionism

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...

Antiquity

Columns

Historic Walks in Israel

Issue 68 | March 2024

Land of Israel

Tamar HaYardeni

Tale of a Trail | Ades Synagogue

Tale of a Trail | Muhraka

Tale of a Trail | Hamat Gader

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

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