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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...

ColumnsIsrael's warsIssue 55 | December 2020JerusalemJerusalem DayPre-state of IsraelZionism

Doctor without Borders – Miriam Duker

Yeshurun Fisher

One of a handful of Jewish women completing medical school despite Russian quotas, Miriam Duker served prestate Israel’s remote communities through thick and thin, extending medical care even to neighboring Arabs Yeshurun Fisher Such a...

ArticlesIsrael's warsIssue 66 | September 2023Land of IsraelmedicinePre-state of IsraelWomenZionism

Greatness in Store – Gittel Dinowitz

Tamar HaYardeni

Very few know anything about her, and even the street sign bearing her name says precious little. Yet Gittel Dinowitz was a pillar of pre-state Jerusalem’s Old City, her leadership growing out of the store...

20th centuryArticlesIsrael's warsIssue 68 | March 2024JerusalemPre-state of IsraelWritersZionism

Joining Forces – Ultra-Orthadox Soliders

Moshe Ehrnvald

Though Israel’s ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students have long been exempt from military service, they weren’t always. In the struggle to secure what became the Jewish state, this camp’s rabbis and public figures were clear that their...

ArticlesIsrael's warsIssue 67 | December 2023Land of IsraelPost-1948

Seder Under Siege – Seder in Jerusalem 1948

Moshe Ehrnvald

As the sun set on the British Mandate and rose over the new State of Israel, civil war raged between Arabs and Jews. Jerusalem’s hundred thousand Jewish residents prepared to celebrate Pesach under siege, unsure...

ArticlesIssue 72 | March 2025JerusalemPesachPost-1948War of IndependenceZionism

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Tirat Zvi

Tamar HaYardeni

What saved Kibbutz Tirat Zvi – and especially its children – from General Fawzi al- Qawuqji’s Arab Salvation Army in the months before the declaration of the State of Israel? Tamar HaYardeni Where To? War...

ColumnsHistoric Walks in IsraelIsrael's warsIssue 45 | November 2018Land of IsraelPost-1948

The Best Defense – Ben-Gurion

Yagil Henkin

Ben-Gurion could never have declared a state in May 1948 without first painstakingly transforming Palestine’s ragtag Jewish militias into an army Yagil Henkin What was David Ben-Gurion’s most significant accomplishment? Most people would probably choose...

ArticlesIsrael Independence DayIsrael's warsIssue 16 | April-May 2013Land of IsraelStatesmen

Torah From Sidon – Lebanon War

Itamar Brenner

Israeli paratroopers came home from the Lebanon War having lost a friend and gained an ancient Torah scroll. The tale of Danny Brenner and the hidden sefer Torah of Sidon Itamar Brenner Israel’s Operation Peace...

ArticlesFirst Lebanon WarIssue 21 | April 2014Post-1948ShavuotSidon

New Life Among The Ruins – Jewish Quarter

Barak Brenner

With the reunification of Jerusalem, Jews could once again dwell in the Old City. But Jordanian occupation had destroyed the Jewish Quarter, and rebuilding required funding and organization on a national scale. A group of...

ArticlesIsrael's warsIssue 39 | September 2017JerusalemJerusalem DayPioneersPost-1948Zionism

De-Classified Comments

Itamar Brenner

Fifty years after the Six-Day War and the reunification of Jerusalem, Israel’s state archives released the government protocols and stenographic records from the war. These choice quotations from the Ministerial Committee on National Security and...

ArticlesIssue 39 | September 2017Jerusalem DayLand of IsraelPost-1948Six Day WarStatesmenZionism

History Live | Through Lions’ Gate

Tehila Bigman

Uzi Eilam’s rich and fascinating military career peaked when he commanded his paratrooper unit to retake the Old City of Jerusalem Tehila Bigman Courtesy of the Eilam family Reserve General Uzi Eilam 1934 Born on...

ColumnsGeneralsIsrael's warsIssue 39 | September 2017JerusalemJerusalem DayPost-1948RabbisZionism

Israel's wars

Hebrew Hum | One Cup of Water

Doctor without Borders – Miriam Duker

Greatness in Store – Gittel Dinowitz

Joining Forces – Ultra-Orthadox Soliders

Seder Under Siege – Seder in Jerusalem 1948

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Tirat Zvi

The Best Defense – Ben-Gurion

Torah From Sidon – Lebanon War

New Life Among The Ruins – Jewish Quarter

De-Classified Comments

History Live | Through Lions’ Gate

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Israel's wars

Hebrew Hum | One Cup of Water

Doctor without Borders – Miriam Duker

Greatness in Store – Gittel Dinowitz

Joining Forces – Ultra-Orthadox Soliders

Seder Under Siege – Seder in Jerusalem 1948

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Tirat Zvi

The Best Defense – Ben-Gurion

Torah From Sidon – Lebanon War

New Life Among The Ruins – Jewish Quarter

De-Classified Comments

History Live | Through Lions’ Gate

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