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    Issues 1-50

    The privilege of duty free imports from Bruges was the key to Brampton’s rise to riches. City panorama, detail from Seven Wonders of Bruges, Pieter Claeissens the Elder, ca. 1555 | Begijnhof Collection, Bruges

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  • Painting Propaganda – Arthur Szyk

    Akiva Zimmerman

    Arthur Szyk fought valiantly as an officer in the Ukrainian army, but in defense of his own people, his most potent weapon was his brush. His cartoons assailed his enemies, while his patriotism found expression in richly ornamented declarat

  • A Novel Approach – Historical Romance

    Asael Abelman

    Whether by Sir Walter Scott or by Abraham Mapu, the historical novel of the 19th century played a significant part in the rise of national consciousness that changed the face of Europe. The Jews of Europe were no exception to this trend Asa

  • Columbus taking possession of the new land, lithograph by Louis Prang, 1893 I Courtesy of the Library of Congress

    Winning the Race – New Israel

    Assaf Malach

    The Christian kingdoms of medieval Europe found inspiration for their national vision in the biblical narrative of God’s chosen race Assaf Malach In 1523, a Christian scribe copying a Russian translation of Psalms noted, in an a

  • All Photos courtesy of Yigal Morag

    Sacrifice in Samaria – Samaritans

    Zeev H. Ehrlich

    The paschal lambs are bleating on the road to Nablus. The community elders are decked out in white and the final preparations for the sacrifice on Mt. Gerizim are nearing completion. Is this what the Temple Mount is waiting for? Zeev H. Ehr

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  • Book Review | Maimonides in His World

    Shai Secunda

    Shai Secunda Maimonides in His WorldPortrait of a Mediterranean Thinker Sarah StroumsaPrinceton University Press 2009   Faced with a sophisticated yet uncomplicated gadget, the New York Times’ review of the iPad™ offers two as

  • Film review | Inglourious Basterds

    Hayuta Deutsch

    Musings on history, alternative history, and theology based on the surprising final scene of Tarantino’s film. Hayuta Deutsch Inglourious Basterds Quentin TarantinoUSA, 2009   An SS officer arrives at a dairy farm in a French

  • Preservation – Salomon’s Mill

    Moshe Chaim Shapira

    Very few people are aware that Gershon Salomon, the veteran activist of the Temple Mount Faithful, is the scion of an old Jerusalemite family of millers. The preservation folder of a simple-looking house in the heart of Jerusalem’s Nahlaot

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