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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

A Day at the Museum | L. A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art

Amit Assis

The precious clocks in Jerusalem’s L. A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art chronicle Europe’s fascination with timekeeping, making it portable, beautiful, fanciful, even political – but above all, precise Amit Assis L. A. Mayer Museum...

ColumnsIssue 52 | April 2020

From the Archives | Light-Years Ahead

Franziska Ehmer

Eccentric amateur scientist Elazar Mei-Zahav was way ahead of his time. He died unrecognized, but his ideas live on Franziska Ehmer “Don’t just throw away this empty box!” This pithy appeal, intended as part of...

ColumnsIssue 52 | April 2020

Book Review | Revolution in Paradise

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Yehuda Moraly’s examination of French cinema under German occupation reveals an uncomfortable subtext its creators have tried to erase Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Revolution in Paradise: Veiled Representations of Jewish Characters in the Cinema of Occupied...

ColumnsIssue 52 | April 2020

Film review | An Officer and a Spy

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

The hero of Roman Polanski’s new film isn’t Dreyfus, or even Zola, but the French officer whose pursuit of justice led to the Jew’s release Sara Jo Ben-Zvi An Officer and a Spy Roman Polanski132...

ColumnsIssue 52 | April 2020

Portrait of a People | A Critical Eye

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Portrait of Émile Zola Paris, 1868Oil on canvas146.5 x 114 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Édouard Manet1832–1883 Realism and Impressionism French journalist and art critic Émile Zola’s famous exposé of Captain Alfred Dreyfus’ innocence wasn’t...

ColumnsIssue 52 | April 2020

Book Review | Next Year in Marienbad

Yemima Hovav

Resorts are a world unto themselves, with their own mores and culture. In the 19th century, the spa towns of western Bohemia were patronized largely by Jews from all over Europe, creating a transient, highly...

20th centuryColumnsCzech RepublicIssue 55 | December 2020

Quick Looks at Books

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Ani Maamin | Walter Kaufmann | Hannah’s War Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Ani Maamin: Biblical Criticism, Historical Truth, and the Thirteen Principles of Faith Joshua BermanMaggid Press, 2020, 334 pages Not strictly speaking a history...

Book ReviewsColumnsIssue 55 | December 2020

Quick looks at books

Elka Weber

Jews in Medicine | The Promise and Peril of Credit Elka Weber Jews in MedicineContributions to Health and Healing through the Ages Ronald L. EisenbergUrim Publications, 2019, 464 pages A practicing physician with a...

Book ReviewsColumnsIssue 48 | July 2019

Hebrew Hum | One Cup of Water

Anat Hoffman

Sieges make us think of medieval walled cities, but elderly Jerusalemites still remember the siege they lived through during the War of Independence – and may still retain some of the habits it engrained. A...

ColumnsIssue 55 | December 2020

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Tale of a Trail | Hamat Gader

Portrait of a People | Lonely at the Top

A Day at the Museum | L. A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art

From the Archives | Light-Years Ahead

Book Review | Revolution in Paradise

Film review | An Officer and a Spy

Portrait of a People | A Critical Eye

Book Review | Next Year in Marienbad

Quick Looks at Books

Quick looks at books

Hebrew Hum | One Cup of Water

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Tale of a Trail | Hamat Gader

Portrait of a People | Lonely at the Top

A Day at the Museum | L. A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art

From the Archives | Light-Years Ahead

Book Review | Revolution in Paradise

Film review | An Officer and a Spy

Portrait of a People | A Critical Eye

Book Review | Next Year in Marienbad

Quick Looks at Books

Quick looks at books

Hebrew Hum | One Cup of Water

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