Yemima Hovav

A historian specializing in the modern period, Hovav is the author of Alamot Ahevukha (The Maidens’ Devotion), a study of the religious and cultural milieu of Ashkenazic women in the early modern period
Fragile yet caring, the poet Rahel symbolizes Zionism’s highest ideals – immigration to Israel, dedication, and self-sacrifice. Rahel as a young girl

PIONEER POET

When the delicate young woman stepped off the boat in Jaffa and swore never to leave the land of Israel,...

Two-way track. Via the HMS Monegam, Nili smuggled charity into starving Palestine and relayed information to the British. The spy ship in dock

Return of the Spies

In the dark days of World War I, members of the Nili spy ring foresaw the new order emerging in...

Joseph Lishansky

Guard Down

Joseph Lishansky’s flight, capture, and death show just how low political rivalry can sink | Yemima Hovav

Internationally famous cellist Thelma Yellin playing in her Jerusalem living room

Zionist with Cello

What place was there for music, let alone an orchestra, amid the Zionist practicalities of state-building? For internationally renowned cellist...

The Many Faces of Maurycy Gottlieb

Maurycy Gottlieb aspired to be Polish Jewry’s national artist, changing its image with his brush and palette. His tragic death...

A Beautiful Mind

Actress Hedy Lamarr may have owed her fame to ״standing still and looking stupid,״ but she was anything but. This...

Tapestry showing Moses and the Ten Commandments, displayed in the entrance hall of Israel's parliament building

Marc Chagall – the Surrealist Jew

Was Marc Chagall a painter first, or a Jew? Despite personal protestations to the contrary, and the unique fusion of...

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