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Post-script | Posting Independence

Itamar Atzmon

Despite the need for secrecy, and with production lines under fire, Israel’s first stamps were printed in time for independence Itamar Atzmon On 5 Iyar – the final day of the British Mandate – the...

Coins and StampsColumnsIsrael Independence DayIssue 16 | April-May 2013Land of IsraelPre-state of Israel

From the Archives | Mum’s the Word

Hadassah Assouline

Eighteenth-century birth registries list a surprisingly large number of “unwed” Jewish mothers, but immorality wasn’t the issue Hadassah Assouline The friendly American yeshiva student who frequented the Central Archives to research his Bavarian ancestors found...

ColumnsIssue 31 | April 2016

Head and Tales | Golden Nostalgia

Itamar Atzmon

How did a rare gold coin end up in a hiker’s hand in the Western Galilee? Archaeologists have more theories than answers Itamar Atzmon Thirty-nine gold coins from the Hellenistic and Roman periods are registered...

ColumnsIssue 31 | April 2016

From the Archives | The Angry Convert

Hadassah Assouline

A letter sent by Lenin’s great-grandfather to the czar was intended to make as much trouble as possible for the Jews of Russia Hadassah Assouline The letter below, sent to Czar Nicholas I of Russia...

19th centuryColumnsFrom the ArchivesIssue 16 | April-May 2013PeopleUkraine

Portrait of a People | Sabbath Peace

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Friday EveningOil on canvas73 x 91 cmVienna, 1920 Jewish Museum, New York(Gift of Mr. & Mrs. M. R. Schweitzer) Isidor Kaufmann1853-1921 Realism Stillness. Silence. The Sabbath has begun. While most Sabbath scenes of...

ColumnsIssue 36 | February 2017

Portrait of a People | The Truth Behind the Title

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel The Jewish BrideOil on canvas122 x 166 cmRijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt van Rijn – Self-Portrait, 1659 Rembrandt van Rijn1606-1669 Baroque Who were the couple in Rembrandt’s tender painting, and were they really Jewish? You...

ColumnsIssue 31 | April 2016

Portrait of a People | Father of French Impressionism

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Boulevard Montmartre, Afternoon SunOil on canvas92.8 x 74 cmParis, 1897Hermitage Museum,St. Petersburg Camille Pissarro1830-1903 Impressionism The tags hanging in museums the world over next to Pissarro’s famous landscapes, cityscapes, and pointillist figures don’t...

ColumnsIssue 32 | June 2016

Tale of a Trail | Hattin National Park

Tamar HaYardeni

The Crusaders lost the Battle of Hattin not because they were fewer, weaker, or less fierce than Saladin’s army. Ill-prepared for the climate and terrain, they were just too thirsty to fight Tamar HaYardeni Where...

ColumnsIssue 31 | April 2016

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Post-script | Posting Independence

From the Archives | Mum’s the Word

Head and Tales | Golden Nostalgia

From the Archives | The Angry Convert

Portrait of a People | Sabbath Peace

Portrait of a People | The Truth Behind the Title

Portrait of a People | Father of French Impressionism

Tale of a Trail | Hattin National Park

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Post-script | Posting Independence

From the Archives | Mum’s the Word

Head and Tales | Golden Nostalgia

From the Archives | The Angry Convert

Portrait of a People | Sabbath Peace

Portrait of a People | The Truth Behind the Title

Portrait of a People | Father of French Impressionism

Tale of a Trail | Hattin National Park

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