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Issue 32 | June 2016

Articles

A Dig Full of Holes

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Judaean Mystery: Junk or Jewels? Maresha is an archaeological oddity. First of all, nobody's heard of it, as it’s usually lumped together with nearby Beth Guvrin. Then there’s the fact that almost nothing of it remains above ground, but the

My Son, the Pirate – Samuel Pallache

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Few rabbis have lived as colorful a life as Samuel Pallache. Merchant, diplomat, and emissary to the king of Morocco, Pallache even resorted to piracy to exact his people׳s revenge on the Spanish fleet כותב Sea of Pirates A summ

A Beautiful Mind

Yemima Hovav

Two Takes, One Woman Scene 1: a lavish European ballroom complete with crystal chandeliers, plush Persian rugs, and exquisite porcelain vases. Flowers, champagne flutes on silver salvers, exotic hors d׳oeuvres served by black-clad waiters –

9 Things You Didn’t Know About Hedy Lamarr

Yemima Hovav

1. Hedy Lamarr׳s parents came from a bourgeois Jewish background. Her father was born in Lvov, Poland, and her mother in Budapest. Assimilation was their fast track to economic security; they even gave their only daughter the middle names E

Columns

Scent of Freedom

Tamar HaYardeni

Pipe Dreams The average tourist would definitely wrinkle his nose in disgust and pity at the row of old women beaming from the photo of the Russian Compound’s pilgrim hostel in turn-of-the-century Jerusalem. The subjects are seated on iron

The Jewish Father of French Impressionism

Naomi Samuel

Who are you, Jacob Abraham? The tags hanging in museums the world over next to Pissarro’s famous landscapes, cityscapes, and pointillist figures don’t usually include his full name – Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro. If they did, more people