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Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic | Reading Herzl in Beirut Sara Jo Ben-Zvi The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s AtticRereading the Women of the Talmud Gila FineMaggid Books, 2024, 249 pages It’s rare to...

Book ReviewsColumnsEuropeIssue 71 | December 2024Medieval Period

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Gesher

Tamar HaYardeni

Three bridges, one Arab village, three Jewish settlements, a railway station, and a hydroelectric plant. How did a single bend in the River Jordan generate so much activity? Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Kibbutz GesherRestored site...

ColumnsHistoric Walks in IsraelIssue 71 | December 2024Land of IsraelPre-state of Israel

Voices of the Past | Eliezer Ben Yehuda

Eliezer Ben Yehuda

Father of modern Hebrew Eliezer Ben Yehuda describes how Balkan nationalism drew him to Zionism Eliezer Ben Yehuda Eliezer Ben Yehuda (see “Hebrew Zealot,” Segula 22) wrote this article soon after the issuance of the...

19th centuryColumnsGreeceIssue 71 | December 2024WritersZionism

Portrait of a People | Lions on Canvas

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Daniel in the Lions’ DenOil on canvas, 98 x 152 cmLondon, 1872National Museums, Liverpool Briton Rivière1840-1920RomanticismAn artistic movement aiming to represent everyday life as is London-born Briton Rivière is renowned for his...

19th centuryArtColumnsIssue 70 | September 2024United Kingdom

A Day at the Museum | Bialik Square

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

A nostalgic, European-style city square has been renovated once again, this time commemorating a century since Hayim Nahman Bialik’s arrival in Tel Aviv Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Bialik Square is one of Tel Aviv’s oldest public...

ColumnsIssue 69 | June 2024Literature and CulturePre-state of IsraelTel Aviv

Portrait of a People | How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song?

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Jews Mourning in ExileOil on canvas163 x 133 cmDusseldorf, 1832Wallraf-Richartz Museum,Cologne, Germany Eduard Bendemann1811-1889 RomanticismA reaction to the rationalism of the Enlightenment, this late-18th-century movement in literature, philosophy, and art emphasized the subjective,...

19th centuryArtColumnsGermanyIssue 69 | June 2024

Post-Script | Village Mail

Itamar Atzmon

In the early Zionist villages, postal services were under European auspices but had their own unique flavor – until the Turks cracked down Itamar Atzmon The first Jewish agricultural colonies were established in the Holy...

Coins and StampsColumnsIssue 26 | May 2015Land of IsraelPre-state of Israel

Book review | Lincoln and the Jews

Elka Weber

Was Abraham Lincoln’s attitude to Jews just an extension of his genuine affection for all men, regardless of race or creed, or did it reflect a special regard for the people of the book? Marking...

19th centuryAmericaBook ReviewsColumnsIssue 26 | May 2015

From the Archives | Building Zion from Rhodesia

Denise Rein

A booklet produced by a Zionist youth movement in Rhodesia reflects a rich and vibrant community that lasted less than a century. Its young authors had no idea civil war was about to change their...

20th centuryAfricaColumnsIssue 26 | May 2015Jewish CommunitiesZionism

Portrait of a People | Mother of Art Therapy

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Interrrogation IPrague, 1934-38120 X 180 cmOil on woodJewish Museum, Prague Friedl Dicher-Brandeis1898-1944 Deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto in 1942 with a fifty-kilo weight limit, Friedl Dicker-Brandeis filled her...

20th centuryArtColumnsCzech RepublicIssue 64 | March 2023Women

Heads and Tales | The Hole in the Coin

Itamar Atzmon

The Jewish population was agog at the thought of exchanging their Ottoman and Egyptian currency for British Mandate coins stamped with Hebrew, Latin, and Arabic characters. The Arabs, on the other hand, were more inclined...

Coins and StampsColumnsIssue 10 | April 2012Land of IsraelPre-state of Israel

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Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Gesher

Voices of the Past | Eliezer Ben Yehuda

Portrait of a People | Lions on Canvas

A Day at the Museum | Bialik Square

Portrait of a People | How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song?

Post-Script | Village Mail

Book review | Lincoln and the Jews

From the Archives | Building Zion from Rhodesia

Portrait of a People | Mother of Art Therapy

Heads and Tales | The Hole in the Coin

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Quick Looks at Books

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Gesher

Voices of the Past | Eliezer Ben Yehuda

Portrait of a People | Lions on Canvas

A Day at the Museum | Bialik Square

Portrait of a People | How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song?

Post-Script | Village Mail

Book review | Lincoln and the Jews

From the Archives | Building Zion from Rhodesia

Portrait of a People | Mother of Art Therapy

Heads and Tales | The Hole in the Coin

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