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Three Soldiers The first was in the armored corps. His tank took a direct hit, and he alone survived, burnt from head to toe. In the long months he lay in a hospital bed, he...
יואי אומן
The Great Revolt at Gamla Summer, two thousand years ago. The Great Revolt against the Romans rages through Judea. Weary Jewish refugees climb the steep ravines of the Golan, eyeing the birds of prey circling...
Up Against the Wall Walking into the first exhibit hall of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust (at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, just across from the ferry...
Sounding the Alarm Reverberating throughout Elul (the last month of the Jewish year, roughly corresponding to August/September) and climaxing on the High Holy Days, the blast of the shofar has changed little since it was...
Eyal Regev
Oasis in the Desert Famed for its fertility and rare plants, Jericho was the garden of Judea during the Second Temple period, second only to Jerusalem as an urban center. Hot baths and flowing streams,...
Making and Baking Eager to leave Pharaoh’s bondage, the Hebrew slaves freed from Egypt approximately 3,300 years ago baked the dough they had hastily kneaded before it had time to rise. That act gave the...
יובל ריבלין
Nothing to Say There’s an old joke about a boy who hadn’t uttered a word since birth. Years passed, until one evening, he turned to the person sitting next to him at the dinner table...
