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Pilgrimage on a Big Scale

Yoav Sorek

Saudi Arabia has directed its best efforts and resources toward simplifying the fulfillment of every Muslim’s obligation to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. The Hajj brings about seven billion dollars a year into the Saudi kingdom’s coffers. Thi

Pilgrim City

Yoav Sorek

How would Jerusalem, already congested at the holiday season, cope with a massive influx of pilgrims were the Temple rebuilt? A think-tank using models of urban city planning and the Saudi Arabians’ arrangements for the Hajj is currently ha

Faith Under Fire – Yom Kippur War

Adam Tsachi

For many Israelis, the shofar blast that concludes Yom Kippur still evokes the sirens, tears, and prayers of the war that broke out forty years ago on that fateful day. Three veterans’ stories and how the Yom Kippur War affected their faith

Zionist with Cello – Thelma Yellin

Yemima Hovav

What place was there for music, let alone an orchestra, amid the Zionist practicalities of state-building? For internationally renowned cellist Thelma Yellin and the young musicians she nurtured in Jerusalem, the question struck a chord Yem

When Shakespeare Spoke Yiddish – King Lear

Yair Lifshitz

The Yiddish theater adored Shakespeare’s King Lear. It spoke to American Jewish audiences of family loyalty transcending generational differences, while in Soviet Russia, it became a tragicomic vehicle for political criticism Yair Lifshitz

Up Against The Wall – Steinberger Sukka

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Spanning numerous countries and generations, the remarkable odyssey of Arye Steinberger’s sukka art mirrors that of the Jewish people. Both have survived against all odds Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Walking into the first exhibit hall of th

Romans on the Roof – Gamla

Hughie Auman

Crashing through the ceilings of the cliffside houses of Gamla, Vespasian’s crack troops barely escaped with their lives. What secret weapon led to the first Roman defeat in the Galilee? Josephus’ Wars of the Jews may hold the answer Hughie

Man Is Born – Prehistoric Man

Dana Shaham

Recent discoveries at prehistoric sites in Israel are overturning decades of conventional wisdom. Could Neanderthals have coexisted with modern man on this land bridge between Asia, Europe, and Africa? And who was the common ancestor of us

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Post-script | Posting Independence

Itamar Atzmon

Despite the need for secrecy, and with production lines under fire, Israel’s first stamps were printed in time for independence Itamar Atzmon On 5 Iyar – the final day of the British Mandate – the Haaretz daily excitedly describ

From the Archives | Mum’s the Word

Hadassah Assouline

Eighteenth-century birth registries list a surprisingly large number of “unwed” Jewish mothers, but immorality wasn’t the issue Hadassah Assouline The friendly American yeshiva student who frequented the Central Archives to rese