Tamar HaYardeni, Author at סגולה

Tale of a Trail | Beit Immanuel, Jaffa

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

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Tirat Zvi

Tamar HaYardeni

What saved Kibbutz Tirat Zvi – and especially its children – from General Fawzi al- Qawuqji’s Arab Salvation Army in the months before the declaration of the State of Israel? Tamar HaYardeni Where To? War...

Columns

Historic Walks in Israel

Israel's wars

Issue 45 | November 2018

Land of Israel

Post-1948

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Gesher

Tamar HaYardeni

Three bridges, one Arab village, three Jewish settlements, a railway station, and a hydroelectric plant. How did a single bend in the River Jordan generate so much activity? Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Kibbutz GesherRestored site...

Columns

Historic Walks in Israel

Issue 71 | December 2024

Land of Israel

Pre-state of Israel

Tale of a Trail | Heletz

Tamar HaYardeni

The dream of discovering a wealth of natural resources beneath the soil of the land of Israel is as old as the state itself. What actually happened when this dream briefly came true and hope...

Columns

Historic Walks in Israel

Issue 64 | March 2023

Land of Israel

Post-1948

Tale of a Trail | Allenby Square Jerusalem

Tamar HaYardeni

The sick man on the Bosphorus had lost his grip on Jerusalem, but to whom exactly did he surrender? Parades, ceremonies, and monuments marking the conquest of Israel’s future capital. Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Allenby...

Place in the Sun – Moshe Shapira

Tamar HaYardeni

Autodidact Moshe Shapira emerged from Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox Me’a She’arim as an expert in both astronomy and sundials. Two of his sun clocks can still be seen in Jerusalem, but it was the one he refused...

Articles

Issue 52 | April 2020

Tale of a Trail | Kfar Hasidim

Tamar HaYardeni

Who exactly were the Hasidic devotees who gave Kfar Hasidim its name? What led them to leave Poland and settle beside the secular Zionist farmers of Nahalal? A Hasidic tale from the Zebulun Valley Tamar...

Historic Walks in Israel

Issue 47 | April 2019

Sky-Heist – Aircraft Smuggling

Tamar HaYardeni

In a daring smuggling operation right out of Hollywood, four bombers arrived in Israel just in time to make a crucial contribution to its War of Independence. There was even a script featuring a seasoned...

Articles

Independence Day

Issue 34 | October 2016

Tale of a Trail | The Underground Prisoners’ Museum

Tamar HaYardeni

“Bevingrad” was the highest-security British prison in the Middle East, but that didn’t stop Jewish paramilitaries from lying through their teeth and crawling through its sewers in a daring escape Tamar HaYardeni Where To? The...

Columns

Independence Day

Issue 32 | June 2016

Cast a Giant Shadow – Akra Fortress

Tamar HaYardeni

The giant Akra fortress and its garrison of Hellenist soldiers sowed fear among Jerusalem’s Jewish residents well after Hasmonean victories had brought autonomy to Judea. Maybe that’s why this stronghold was razed when the Maccabees...

Articles

Hanukkah

Issue 29 | December 2015

Tale of a Trail | Eilat Port

Tamar HaYardeni

Six years before the port of Eilat opened in 1956, a dilapidated ship loaded with Yemenite Jewry’s cultural heritage anchored offshore. What happened to those priceless manuscripts? Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Eilat PortIsrael’s southernmost port...

Columns

Issue 38 | 2017 July

Tamar HaYardeni

Tale of a Trail | Beit Immanuel, Jaffa

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Tirat Zvi

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Gesher

Tale of a Trail | Heletz

Tale of a Trail | Allenby Square Jerusalem

Place in the Sun – Moshe Shapira

Tale of a Trail | Kfar Hasidim

Sky-Heist – Aircraft Smuggling

Tale of a Trail | The Underground Prisoners’ Museum

Cast a Giant Shadow – Akra Fortress

Tale of a Trail | Eilat Port

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