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Evangelical Prophet of Zion – William Hechler

Yehuda Moraly

Who would have guessed that the man who crops up most frequently in Theodor Herzl’s diaries was an Evangelical pastor? William Hechler’s religious fervor led him to Zionism, which in turn inspired him to place...

19th centuryArticlesEuropeIssue 64 | March 2023

Rembrandt’s Rabbi

Bryna Levy

Back to the article The Hope of Israel – Menasseh Ben Israel Bryna Levy The Dutch artist Rembrandt von Rijn was not only a contemporary of Menasseh (1606-1669) but his neighbor, living on the same...

ArtEarly modern periodIssue 1 | April 2010Netherlands

The Skeptics

Henry Goldblum

Back to the article The Hope of Israel – Menasseh Ben Israel Despite its atmosphere of perceived religious tolerance, Amsterdam, or “The New Jerusalem,” had its limits. It made room for heretics, but managed to...

Early modern periodIssue 1 | April 2010NetherlandsWriters

Quantum Leap – Albert Einstein

Galina Weinstein

This year marks the centennial of Einstein’s general theory of relativity and sixty years since the death of the absent-minded professor who revolutionized physics Galina Weinstein Albert Einstein was a nonconformist, a rebel, a humanist...

20th centuryArticlesGermanyIssue 26 | May 2015Scientists

Murder in Hamburg – The Missing Money Changers

Yemima Hovav

A Jewish money changer disappears one fine day in Hamburg, never to be heard of again. Three years later, another one vanishes. Only one woman connected the two events and dared to seek justice Yemima...

ArticlesEarly modern periodEuropeGermanyIssue 45 | November 2018

Back to Czernowitz – Uncovering Jewish Culture

Daphna Yizrael

Once a Jewish hub with an international ambiance, now a Ukrainian provincial capital: a group of Israeli youths searching for the vestiges of Czernowitz’s Jewish glory found spectacular murals in what is today an Evangelical...

20th centuryArticlesEuropeIssue 1 | April 2010Ukraine

The Hope of Israel – Menasseh Ben Israel

Henry Goldblum

Inspired by rumors of the Lost Ten Tribes, he sought to fulfill the age-old vision of redemption by scattering his people to the very ends of the earth. Rembrandt von Rijn, Baruch Spinoza, and Oliver...

ArticlesEarly modern periodEuropeIssue 1 | April 2010Netherlands

Salonika’s Mystic Quartet – Kabbalists in Salonika

Roee Horen

As one of the Ottoman Empire’s few Mediterranean ports, Salonika welcomed Jewish refugees from Spain and Portugal. Four great mystics emerged from its shores – each with a different approach to redeeming the Jewish people...

ArticlesIssue 51 | February 2020Medieval PeriodSalonikaShavuot

Flowing But Not Forgotten

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

- - House on Endless Waters Emuna Elon Atria Books (Simon & Schuster), 2020, 320 pages “Those waters have already flowed onwards” is the practical yet poetic statement with which the fictitious Dutch heroine of Emuna...

20th centuryBook ReviewsHolocaustNetherlands

Spark of Rebellion

ליאור אלפרוביץ'

Tension in the Air For the staff of the Treblinka death camp, Monday morning, August 2, 1943, dawned routinely. The SS officers went about their duties. Prisoners were rounded up for morning roll call, given...

ArticlesHolocaustHolocaust dayPoland

A Soul Divided – Heinrich Heine

Asael Abelman

Though baptized at age twenty-eight, Heinrich Heine remained torn between Judaism and German nationalism, tradition and modernity Asael Abelman Poet, freedom fighter, and cosmopolitan in exile, Heinrich Heine bore the burden of an evolving modernity....

19th centuryArticlesGermanyIssue 16 | April-May 2013Writers

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Evangelical Prophet of Zion – William Hechler

Rembrandt’s Rabbi

The Skeptics

Quantum Leap – Albert Einstein

Murder in Hamburg – The Missing Money Changers

Back to Czernowitz – Uncovering Jewish Culture

The Hope of Israel – Menasseh Ben Israel

Salonika’s Mystic Quartet – Kabbalists in Salonika

Flowing But Not Forgotten

Spark of Rebellion

A Soul Divided – Heinrich Heine

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Europe

Evangelical Prophet of Zion – William Hechler

Rembrandt’s Rabbi

The Skeptics

Quantum Leap – Albert Einstein

Murder in Hamburg – The Missing Money Changers

Back to Czernowitz – Uncovering Jewish Culture

The Hope of Israel – Menasseh Ben Israel

Salonika’s Mystic Quartet – Kabbalists in Salonika

Flowing But Not Forgotten

Spark of Rebellion

A Soul Divided – Heinrich Heine

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