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Forever Young – Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav

Roni Barlev

The Bratslav Hasidic tradition reflects a religious devotion at once wholehearted and playful. From Rebbe Nahman’s childhood escapades to his fables and his dancing followers, it’s all about constantly delighting in life anew Roni Barlev...

ArticlesBratslavIssue 63 | December 2022RabbisUkraine

The Medical Legion – Medicine at Masada

Yonatan Lukimson

Ancient Rome owed its military superiority partly to innovative medical treatment of its soldiers. Fascinating evidence of a well-oiled health care system has been discovered at the site of the besieging Roman army’s field hospital...

AntiquityArticlesIssue 66 | December 2023Land of Israelmedicine

Prelude to Babi Yar – Pogroms in Ukraine

Jeffrey Veidlinger

Following World War I, numerous armies tore Ukraine apart. All agreed on only one thing: the region’s greatest scourge was the Jews, who were humiliated, robbed, raped, and murdered – by their neighbors as much...

ArticlesIssue 63 | December 2022pogromsUkraineWW1

Calling Henrietta – Henrietta Szold

Efrat Krausz

From teaching immigrants to setting up a country-wide social work system, from founding Hadassah to saving thousands of young people through Youth Aliya, nothing seems to have been beyond Henrietta Szold. How did a nonpartisan...

20th centuryArticlesIssue 15 | February 2013JerusalemmedicineNew YorkWomenZionism

Doctor without Borders – Miriam Duker

Yeshurun Fisher

One of a handful of Jewish women completing medical school despite Russian quotas, Miriam Duker served prestate Israel’s remote communities through thick and thin, extending medical care even to neighboring Arabs Yeshurun Fisher Such a...

ArticlesIsrael's warsIssue 66 | December 2023Land of IsraelmedicinePre-state of IsraelWomenZionism

First among Physicians – Ibn Jumay’

Amir Mazor

Saladin’s personal physician and Maimonides’ friend, Hibat Allah ibn Zayn ibn Jumay‘ left a colorful paper trail of Arabic medical works and fragmentary documents from the Cairo Geniza. Discovering an unsung Jewish hero Amir Mazor...

ArticlesCairo GenizaEgyptIssue 66 | December 2023medicineMedieval PeriodScientists

Doctor Plotter – Roderigo Lopez

David Lawrence-Young

Elizabethan England was newly freed from Spanish dominance when Roderigo Lopez found shelter there from the Portuguese Inquisition. This Jewish doctor took grave risks to protect his new queen from Spanish conspirators – or was...

ArticlesIssue 66 | December 2023medicineMedieval PeriodUnited Kingdom

Who Invited the Rabbi? – Rabbis at Weddings

Ariel Picard

Rabbis have officiated at weddings for centuries, but the Talmud mentions no such practice. So how did Jewish clergy become an integral part of the ceremony? Ariel Picard Many human endeavors begin spontaneously but gradually...

ArticlesEuropeIssue 68 | March 2024JudaismLifecycleMedieval PeriodRabbis

A World in Words – S.Y Agnon

Michal Shir-el

Nobel Prize–winning author Shmuel Yosef Agnon recreated a lost world in his prose. In Hebrew echoing the majesty of the prophets and the clarity of the Mishna, he peeled away nostalgia for the distant shtetl....

20th centuryArticlesIssue 63 | December 2022Literature and CultureUkraineWriters

A Zionist Life – Chaim Weizmann

Yemima Hovav

When requesting that Chaim Weizmann become Israel’s first president, Ben-Gurion described him as having done more to create the state than anyone else. Yet Weizmann’s new role effectively removed the lifelong activist from Israeli politics...

20th centuryArticlesIsrael Independence DayIssue 75 | December 2025Land of IsraelScientistsStatesmenUnited KingdomWW1Zionism

Bar Mitzvas Coming of Age – Bar Mitzva

Hizky Shoham

Thirteenth birthdays haven’t always been cause for Jewish celebration. When were the first bar and bat mitzva ceremonies, and why their enduring appeal even among otherwise unaffiliated Jews? Hizky Shoham Why celebrate bar and bat...

20th centuryAmericaAmerican JewsArticlesIssue 68 | March 2024Land of IsraelLifecycle

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Forever Young – Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav

The Medical Legion – Medicine at Masada

Prelude to Babi Yar – Pogroms in Ukraine

Calling Henrietta – Henrietta Szold

Doctor without Borders – Miriam Duker

First among Physicians – Ibn Jumay’

Doctor Plotter – Roderigo Lopez

Who Invited the Rabbi? – Rabbis at Weddings

A World in Words – S.Y Agnon

A Zionist Life – Chaim Weizmann

Bar Mitzvas Coming of Age – Bar Mitzva

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Forever Young – Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav

The Medical Legion – Medicine at Masada

Prelude to Babi Yar – Pogroms in Ukraine

Calling Henrietta – Henrietta Szold

Doctor without Borders – Miriam Duker

First among Physicians – Ibn Jumay’

Doctor Plotter – Roderigo Lopez

Who Invited the Rabbi? – Rabbis at Weddings

A World in Words – S.Y Agnon

A Zionist Life – Chaim Weizmann

Bar Mitzvas Coming of Age – Bar Mitzva

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