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Tale of a Trail | Gihon Spring

Tamar HaYardeni

Jerusalem’s water supply has been vulnerable to attack since antiquity, prompting ingenious solutions that have long intrigued archaeologists. What made the city’s water source so unusual – and how was it protected from enemies? Tamar...

AntiquityColumnsIssue 74 | October 2025JerusalemTale of a Trail

Portrait of a People | Everyday Miracles

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Abraham, Sarah, and the AngelOil on wood58 X 71 cmBelgium, 1520Louvre, Paris Jan Provoost1465-1529 Northern RenaissanceNorthern European movement influenced by the Italian Renaissance as well as humanism, Protestantism, and religious warfare. Realism and...

ArtBelgiumColumnsIssue 74 | October 2025Medieval Period

Tale of a Trail | Nicanor’s Cave

Tamar HaYardeni

Nestled in the botanical gardens on the Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus campus is a small burial cave dating from the Second Temple period. A century ago, this ancient site briefly came to life Tamar HaYardeni...

20th centuryColumnsIssue 65 | June 2023Jerusalem

Portrait of a People | Tower of Power

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel The Tower of BabelOil on wood panel114 x 155 cmBrussels, 1563Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Pieter Bruegel the Elder1525-1569 Northern RenaissanceA 16th-century movement in which artists north of the Alps adopted and adapted the techniques...

ArtBelgiumColumnsEarly modern periodIssue 65 | June 2023

From the Archives | Behind the Wheel

Gabriel Alexander

Much as Nazi Vienna couldn’t stand it, the gasoline-powered car was invented by a Jewish-born Austrian engineer. Siegfried Marcus has been all but forgotten, however, owing largely to his lack of business acumen Gabriel Alexander...

20th centuryColumnsIssue 65 | June 2023ScientistsVienna

Quick Looks at Book

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

The Sages | For the Freedom of Zion | A Jew in the Roman Bathhouse Sara Jo Ben-Zvi The SagesCharacter, Context and Creativity - Yeshivot of Babylonia and Israelby Binyamin Lau Maggid Books, 2022278 pages...

AntiquityColumnsIssue 65 | June 2023Land of Israel

Quick Looks at Books

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

101 Treasures from the National Library of Israel | The Massacre That Never Was Sara Jo Ben-Zvi 101 Treasures from the National Library of Israelby Raquel Ukeles et al. Scala Arts Publishers2023, 334 pages Artfully...

Book ReviewsColumnsIssue 67 | December 2023

Tale of a Trail | Sa’ad

Tamar HaYardeni

The founders of Kibbutz Sa’ad (literally, “Aid”) didn’t choose that name, but the establishment of this collective between Gaza and Beersheba in 1947 certainly aided in the Negev’s inclusion in the Jewish state Tamar HaYardeni...

ColumnsHistoric Walks in IsraelIssue 67 | December 2023Land of IsraelPre-state of Israel

Voices of the Past | Hadassah Kaplan

Hadassah Kaplan

Hadassah Kaplan wrote the following letter to her father in Hebrew during her stay in Jerusalem in 1933, in response to his question of whether she recommended his relocating there Hadassah Kaplan Dear Father, When...

ColumnsIssue 73 | June 2025JerusalemPre-state of IsraelWomen

Book Review | Promised Lands

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Promised LandsHadassah Kaplan and the Legacy of American Jewish Women in Early Twentieth-Century Palestine Sharon Ann Musher New York University, 2025, 261 pages Sharon Ann Musher’s detailed analysis of her grandmother’s...

ColumnsIssue 73 | June 2025Land of IsraelPre-state of IsraelReviews>Book Reviews

Portrait of a People | Chilling Testimony

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel The Slave TradeOil on canvas162 x 229 cmParis, circa 1840Wilberforce House Museum,Hull, England François-Auguste Biard1799–1882 Genre ArtAn outgrowth of Realism, genre art focuses on the world as it is, including any typical depiction...

19th centuryAmericaArtColumnsIssue 72 | March 2025

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Tale of a Trail | Gihon Spring

Portrait of a People | Everyday Miracles

Tale of a Trail | Nicanor’s Cave

Portrait of a People | Tower of Power

From the Archives | Behind the Wheel

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Tale of a Trail | Sa’ad

Voices of the Past | Hadassah Kaplan

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Portrait of a People | Chilling Testimony

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Tale of a Trail | Gihon Spring

Portrait of a People | Everyday Miracles

Tale of a Trail | Nicanor’s Cave

Portrait of a People | Tower of Power

From the Archives | Behind the Wheel

Quick Looks at Book

Quick Looks at Books

Tale of a Trail | Sa’ad

Voices of the Past | Hadassah Kaplan

Book Review | Promised Lands

Portrait of a People | Chilling Testimony

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