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Tale of a Trail | Ades Synagogue

Tamar HaYardeni

A tiny architectural jewel nestled within the picturesque jumble of Jerusalem’s Nahlaot neighborhood, the Ades Synagogue preserves the traditional craftsmanship and liturgy of Jewish Aleppo Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Ades SynagogueJewish Aleppo’s historic synagogue in...

ColumnsIssue 77 | June 2026

From the Archives | Herzl Online

Suzanne Berns and Ayelet Hallel Cohen-Orgad

The Zionist visionary’s diaries are now freely available in the original, hand-written German and French, inviting readers to discover how the movement was born. Surprisingly, not all entries are in Herzl’s hand Suzanne Berns and...

ColumnsIssue 77 | June 2026

Portrait of a People | Expressionism and the Individual in Early Israeli Art

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Self-PortraitIsrael, 1952Oil on canvas Haim Apteker Atar1902–1953Ukraine ExpressionismModernist movement depicting the artist’s own emotions and responses rather than objective reality The 1930s were crucial for art in the land of Israel...

ColumnsIssue 77 | June 2026

Portrait of a People | Touring the Land

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Tiberias, View from the Walls withSafed in the DistanceChalk on paperTiberias, 1839 David Roberts1796–1864 OrientalismRomantic Western depictions of everyday life in Near Eastern settings, beginning largely with Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt and the...

ColumnsIssue 53 | July 2020

Portrait of a People | Just Visiting

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Jews Mourning in a SynagogueOil on canvas127 x 115 cmLondon, 1906Tate Gallery, London Sir William Rothenstein1872-1945 Post-ImpressionismAn eclectic pre–World War I movement founded in response to Impressionism. Led by Cézanne and including Van...

ColumnsIssue 54 | September 2020

Tale of a Trail | Muhraka

Tamar HaYardeni

How did the statue of Elijah in the Carmelite monastery on Keren Carmel lose its arm, then regain it? Of Scripture and sculpture Tamar HaYardeni Where To? MuhrakaStatue of Elijah at Keren Carmel Monastery ...

ColumnsIssue 54 | September 2020

Voices of the Past | Salomon Steinberger

Salomon Steinberger

Salomon Steinberger was the cantor of a major Frankfurt synagogue for thirty years, until he fled to England in 1939. Having studied in the prestigious Pressburg Yeshiva (then located in today’s Bratislava, Slovakia) while Yossele...

ColumnsIssue 54 | September 2020

Critics | Fighting on Different Fronts

Elka Weber

Hollywood contemporaries Irving Berlin and Ben Hecht lived vastly different Jewish lives, with posterity predictably rewarding the politically correct Berlin and relegating Hecht to relative obscurity Elka Weber Ben Hecht: Fighting Words, Moving PicturesAdina Hoffman...

ColumnsIssue 54 | September 2020

From the Archives | Prophecy or Plan?

Yochai Ben-Ghedalia

In the early 1960s, a young teacher named Adin Steinsaltz gave a lecture envisioning a Hasidic revival in Israel. Today, his words seem prophetic – but they were simply a personal plan of action Yochai...

ColumnsIssue 54 | September 2020

Tale of a Trail | Hamat Gader

Tamar HaYardeni

From ancient geological wonder to crocodile spa, Hamat Gader has gone through many incarnations and as many hands. Despite its pagan statues, its hot springs drew even the Talmudic sages Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Hamat...

ColumnsIssue 56 | March 2021

Portrait of a People | Lonely at the Top

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Vladimir Lenin in SmolnyOil on canvas190 x 287 cm1930New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky1884-1939 Socialist RealismThisgenre generally refers to the formallyrealistic, thematically artificial style of painting emerging in Russiafollowing the Communist Revolution...

ColumnsIssue 56 | March 2021

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Tale of a Trail | Ades Synagogue

From the Archives | Herzl Online

Portrait of a People | Expressionism and the Individual in Early Israeli Art

Portrait of a People | Touring the Land

Portrait of a People | Just Visiting

Tale of a Trail | Muhraka

Voices of the Past | Salomon Steinberger

Critics | Fighting on Different Fronts

From the Archives | Prophecy or Plan?

Tale of a Trail | Hamat Gader

Portrait of a People | Lonely at the Top

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Tale of a Trail | Ades Synagogue

From the Archives | Herzl Online

Portrait of a People | Expressionism and the Individual in Early Israeli Art

Portrait of a People | Touring the Land

Portrait of a People | Just Visiting

Tale of a Trail | Muhraka

Voices of the Past | Salomon Steinberger

Critics | Fighting on Different Fronts

From the Archives | Prophecy or Plan?

Tale of a Trail | Hamat Gader

Portrait of a People | Lonely at the Top

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