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    Issues 1-50

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  • A Soul Divided – Heinrich Heine

    Asael Abelman

    Though baptized at age twenty-eight, Heinrich Heine remained torn between Judaism and German nationalism, tradition and modernity Asael Abelman Poet, freedom fighter, and cosmopolitan in exile, Heinrich Heine bore the burden of

  • Why We Eat Haman Taschen – Purim Spiel

    Shmil Holland

    How did a classic Central European pastry become associated with the Jewish festival of Purim? And how did Haman’s ears end up in his pocketbook? Shmil Holland The triangular pastries that developed in Central Europe and spread

  • Topsy Turvy – Purim Spiel

    Yair Lifshitz

    An annual outlet for the pressure cooker of the medieval Jewish community, the Purim spiel subtly subverts the power structures of Jewish society, making a mockery of their authority Yair Lifshitz Reb Yeshaya Priwes was not ena

  • Jewish? French? Italian! – Piedmont

    Yoav Sorek

    Despite their historic ties to diverse European communities, the Jews of Turin stood out as active players in the struggle for a united Italy – and planned a synagogue to match their achievements Yoav Sorek Embossed on the obver

  • Return of the Spies – Nili

    Yemima Hovav

    In the dark days of World War I, members of the Nili spy ring foresaw the new order emerging in the Middle East and opted to work with the British, despite all the risks. To other early Zionists, they were foolhardy adventurers, or even tra

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  • Tale of a Trail | The Underground Prisoners’ Museum

    Tamar HaYardeni

    “Bevingrad” was the highest-security British prison in the Middle East, but that didn’t stop Jewish paramilitaries from lying through their teeth and crawling through its sewers in a daring escape Tamar HaYardeni Where To? The U

  • |Signatures of the women from the Damascus Jewish community at the end of their letter to Lady Judith Montefiore. The signatures relative positions reflect tensions within the community - rich at the beginning

    From the Archives | With Thanks from Damascus

    Yochai Ben-Ghedalia

    Not only community leaders suffered interrogation and humiliation in the Damascus Affair – so did their wives. Their letter of thanks recently came to light  Yochai Ben-Ghedalia On February 5, 1840, Father Thomas, a Capuchin mon

  • Did Jew Know? | Jewish Statistics from World War I

    Segula Editorial

    1. Rank and File Roughly 1.35 million Jews fought in World War I, in the following armies: 500,000 – Russian320,000 – Austro-Hungarian250,000 – American100,000 – German55,000 – French35,000 – British   2. Jew against Jew In dozens of docume

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