Tamar HaYardeni, Author at סגולה

Tale of a Trail | Allenby Square Jerusalem

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...

Columns

Issue 69 | June 2024

Jerusalem

Pre-state of Israel

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

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

Tale of a Trail | Hattin National Park

Tamar HaYardeni

The Crusaders lost the Battle of Hattin not because they were fewer, weaker, or less fierce than Saladin’s army. Ill-prepared for the climate and terrain, they were just too thirsty to fight Tamar HaYardeni Where...

Columns

Issue 31 | April 2016

The Kaiser’s Cap – Tiferet Israel

Tamar HaYardeni

Fact and fiction intertwine in the tale of Jerusalem’s historic Tiferet Israel Synagogue, which tipped its hat to Austria’s Kaiser Franz Joseph Tamar HaYardeni For the Middle East, 1869 was a critical year: after much...

Issue 39 | September 2017

Jerusalem

Jerusalem Day