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When Shakespeare Spoke Yiddish – King Lear

Yair Lifshitz

The Yiddish theater adored Shakespeare’s King Lear. It spoke to American Jewish audiences of family loyalty transcending generational differences, while in Soviet Russia, it became a tragicomic vehicle for political criticism Yair Lifshitz In one...

ArticlesIssue 12 | August 2012

Blasting Away – Shofar

Ari Greenspan and Ari Z. Zivotofsky

When is a shofar not a ram’s horn, and when can it be heard besides this time of year? The answer lies in Djerba and Yemen Ari Greenspan and Ari Z. Zivotofsky Reverberating throughout Elul...

ArticlesFestivals of TishreiIssue 33 | August 2016

The Congress that Founded the Jewish State

Asael Abelman

Few famous names attended the first Zionist Congress in Basel, but it made Zionism a political movement no one could ignore Asael Abelman In February 1896, Herzl published Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State). Discussed in...

19th centuryArticlesIndependence DayIssue 14 | December 2012SwitzerlandTheodor HerzlZionism

Don’t Call Me Joseph – Josephus Flavius

Haggai Misgav

Scion of an aristocratic, priestly family in Jerusalem, Josephus Flavius explored various sects in search of his identity. As a rebel commander in the Great Revolt, he defected to the Romans, becoming one of the...

AntiquityArticlesGeneralsIssue 17 | June 2013Land of IsraelTisha B'AvWriters

Paving the Past – Second Temple Floor

Assaf Avraham

If Jewish sources are anything to go by, Herod’s Temple in Jerusalem was one of the most magnificent edifices ever built. After years of painstaking archaeological research, sifting through rubble illegally removed from the Temple...

ArticlesIssue 39 | September 2017Tisha B'Av

Once Bitten, Twice Shy – Portuguese Jewry

Moti Benmelech

Manuel of Portugal had to choose between his Spanish bride – and her powerful parents – and his faithful Jewish subjects. The Portuguese monarch preferred to have his cake and eat it too, and...

ArticlesIssue 31 | April 2016

A Dig Full of Holes – Maresha

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Has the Maresha excavation unearthed a pile of junk or the key to a Judea much more diverse than we’d supposed? The best thing is, you can find out for yourself Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Maresha...

Alexander JannaeusarchaeologyArticlesHasmonean periodIssue 32 | June 2016Land of Israelritual purity

Fastest Jew in the West – Wild West Synagogues

Louis Davidson

Among the many immigrants to the U.S. who went west to seek their fortunes, most Jews struck gold selling dry goods rather than prospecting. Once settled, these pioneers built towns, communities – and a surprising...

ArticlesIssue 31 | April 2016

My Son, the Pirate – Samuel Pallache

Yoav Pulver

Few rabbis have lived as colorful a life as Samuel Pallache. Merchant, diplomat, and emissary to the king of Morocco, Pallache even resorted to piracy to exact his people׳s revenge on the Spanish fleet Yoav...

ArticlesEarly modern periodIssue 32 | June 2016Moroccan JewsMoroccoNetherlandsStatesmen

A Beautiful Mind – Hedy Lamarr

Yemima Hovav

Actress Hedy Lamarr may have owed her fame to ״standing still and looking stupid,״ but she was anything but. This assimilated Jewess combined aspects of her colorful past to patent something that could have torpedoed...

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9 Things You Didn’t Know About Hedy Lamarr

Yemima Hovav

Hedy Lamarr at age 7 1. Hedy Lamarr׳s parents came from a bourgeois Jewish background. Her father was born in Lvov, Poland, and her mother in Budapest. Assimilation was their fast track to economic security;...

actorsArticlesIssue 32 | June 2016New YorkViennaWomenWWII

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When Shakespeare Spoke Yiddish – King Lear

Blasting Away – Shofar

The Congress that Founded the Jewish State

Don’t Call Me Joseph – Josephus Flavius

Paving the Past – Second Temple Floor

Once Bitten, Twice Shy – Portuguese Jewry

A Dig Full of Holes – Maresha

Fastest Jew in the West – Wild West Synagogues

My Son, the Pirate – Samuel Pallache

A Beautiful Mind – Hedy Lamarr

9 Things You Didn’t Know About Hedy Lamarr

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When Shakespeare Spoke Yiddish – King Lear

Blasting Away – Shofar

The Congress that Founded the Jewish State

Don’t Call Me Joseph – Josephus Flavius

Paving the Past – Second Temple Floor

Once Bitten, Twice Shy – Portuguese Jewry

A Dig Full of Holes – Maresha

Fastest Jew in the West – Wild West Synagogues

My Son, the Pirate – Samuel Pallache

A Beautiful Mind – Hedy Lamarr

9 Things You Didn’t Know About Hedy Lamarr

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