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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

Blasting Away – Shofar

Ari Greenspan and Ari Z. Zivotofsky

When is a shofar not a ram’s horn, and when can it be heard besides this time of year? The answer lies in Djerba and Yemen Ari Greenspan and Ari Z. Zivotofsky Reverberating throughout Elul (the last month of the Jewish year, rou

The Congress that Founded the Jewish State

Asael Abelman

Few famous names attended the first Zionist Congress in Basel, but it made Zionism a political movement no one could ignore Asael Abelman In February 1896, Herzl published Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State). Discussed in dozens o

Don’t Call Me Joseph – Josephus Flavius

Haggai Misgav

Scion of an aristocratic, priestly family in Jerusalem, Josephus Flavius explored various sects in search of his identity. As a rebel commander in the Great Revolt, he defected to the Romans, becoming one of the most controversial figures i

Paving the Past – Second Temple Floor

Assaf Avraham

If Jewish sources are anything to go by, Herod’s Temple in Jerusalem was one of the most magnificent edifices ever built. After years of painstaking archaeological research, sifting through rubble illegally removed from the Temple Mount, we

Columns

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

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

Head and Tales | Golden Nostalgia

Itamar Atzmon

How did a rare gold coin end up in a hiker’s hand in the Western Galilee? Archaeologists have more theories than answers Itamar Atzmon Thirty-nine gold coins from the Hellenistic and Roman periods are registered among Israel’s s

History Live | Through Lions’ Gate

Tehila Bigman

Uzi Eilam’s rich and fascinating military career peaked when he commanded his paratrooper unit to retake the Old City of Jerusalem Tehila Bigman Courtesy of the Eilam family Reserve General Uzi Eilam 1934