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  • Curator or Creator? – Holy Sites

    Doron Bar

    After the Old City of Jerusalem fell to the Jordanians, Dr. Shmuel Zanwil Kahane took charge of Israel’s few remaining holy sites. Pitching new pilgrimage destinations with boundless creativity and more than a little nerve, Kahane even adde

  • The Price of Dissent – Uriel da Costa

    Moti Benmelech

    A converso who returned to his roots, Uriel da Costa found the Judaism practiced in Amsterdam a far cry from the faith he’d encountered in the Bible. The Jewish community’s response to his puzzled objections forced him back into hiding, thi

  • Messianic Mania – Shabbetai Tzvi

    Yehuda Yifrach

    The synergy between Nathan of Gaza, a charismatic young genius, and Shabbetai Tzvi, a complex, troubled personality, led to a dramatic upheaval among the Jewish people. A glimpse into the unbelievable Sabbatean story Yehuda Yifrach

  • The Shrine on the Mountain – Herzl’s Tomb

    Ophir Yarden

    Herzl’s tomb and the nearby military cemetery have become central locations in the celebration of Israel’s national holidays. Why did this hill in modern Jerusalem supersede more traditional sites? And what does that choice reveal about the

  • Esther: The Persian Version – Book of Esther

    Thamar E. Gindin

    Is the story of Esther a myth, or were its dramatic heroes and villains real people on the stage of Persian history? Iranian sources paint a complex but fascinating picture, which could – like the book of Esther – go either way Thamar E. Gi

  • 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 peo

  • Identified by their communities of origin. Jewish storefront on Broome Street||

    Strength in Numbers

    Jeffrey S. Gurock

    In New York circa 1900, Jewish identity was in the streets and in the air; one in four New Yorkers was Jewish, and formal religious affiliation felt unnecessary. Fifty years later, suburban Jews needed communal institutions - and today's ur

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  • Book Review | The Book of Exodus

    Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

    Sara Jo Ben-Zvi The Book of ExodusA Biography Joel S. BadenPrinceton University Press, 2019,237 pages What can Princeton University’s Lives of Great Religious Books series possibly add to the reams al

  • Crowds accompanying the ashes from Austrian concentration camps as Kahane brought them to Mt. Zion

    Voices of the Past | Shmuel Zanwil Kahane

    Shmuel Zanwil Kahane

    S. Z. Kahane possessed a keen sense of history. Enormous changes had overtaken the Jewish people, demanding a narrative beyond the dry and factual. Drawing on the wellsprings of classic Jewish exegetical literature, Kahane penned myths of I

  • Picture of the Month | Planting Seedlings

    Yisrael Goldman

    Yisrael Goldman Tu Bishvat, the new year for trees in the Jewish calendar, has gained significantly in popularity over the generations. From a date of mainly fiscal significance for calculating agricultural tithes, it was expand

  • From the Archives | The Jewish American Secret Police

    Hadassah Assouline

    A Jewish community organization in New York dealt with myriad issues, even creating an internal police force to deal with rising crime Hadassah Assouline In early September 1908, the chief of the New York City Police Department

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