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Issue 26 | May 2015

Articles

That Galilee Affair – Julius Caesar

Henry Goldblum

Was the fate of Judea as a Roman province sealed from the moment Julius Caesar switched sides in the Hasmonean leadership struggle? Or could Herod’s brutal path to kingship still have been blocked? Either way, 47–46 BCE marked a turning poi

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

Too Short A Story – Franz Kafka

Zohar Maor

No one captured the modern terrors of alienation and bureaucracy better than Franz Kafka, penning some of the 20th century’s best-known short stories. Yet family, religion, and Zionism also drew him, though all three remained unattainable d

Healing Minds – Sigmund Freud

Gabriel Bukobza

Exchanging the lab for the analyst’s couch, Sigmund Freud defied the scientific conventions of his day. The man who attributed supreme importance to early childhood benefitted from his own adoring Jewish mother’s assurances that he was dest

Columns

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 Land in

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 the 150th anniversary of his death, Lincoln a

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 world forever Denise Rein Very l