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A Day at the Museum | L. A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art

Amit Assis

The precious clocks in Jerusalem’s L. A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art chronicle Europe’s fascination with timekeeping, making it portable, beautiful, fanciful, even political – but above all, precise  Amit Assis L. A. Mayer Mus

From the Archives | Light-Years Ahead

Franziska Ehmer

Eccentric amateur scientist Elazar Mei-Zahav was way ahead of his time. He died unrecognized, but his ideas live on Franziska Ehmer “Don’t just throw away this empty box!” This pithy appeal, intended as part of an advertising ca

Book Review | Revolution in Paradise

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Yehuda Moraly’s examination of French cinema under German occupation reveals an uncomfortable subtext its creators have tried to erase Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Revolution in Paradise: Veiled Representations of Jewish Characters in the C

Film review | An Officer and a Spy

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

The hero of Roman Polanski’s new film isn’t Dreyfus, or even Zola, but the French officer whose pursuit of justice led to the Jew’s release Sara Jo Ben-Zvi An Officer and a Spy Roman Polanski132 minutesFrench with English subt

Portrait of a People | A Critical Eye

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Portrait of Émile Zola Paris, 1868Oil on canvas146.5 x 114 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Édouar

Book Review | Next Year in Marienbad

Yemima Hovav

Resorts are a world unto themselves, with their own mores and culture. In the 19th century, the spa towns of western Bohemia were patronized largely by Jews from all over Europe, creating a transient, highly diverse community Yemima Hovav

Quick Looks at Books

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Ani Maamin | Walter Kaufmann | Hannah’s War  Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Ani Maamin: Biblical Criticism, Historical Truth, and the Thirteen Principles of Faith Joshu

Hebrew Hum | One Cup of Water

Anat Hoffman

Sieges make us think of medieval walled cities, but elderly Jerusalemites still remember the siege they lived through during the War of Independence – and may still retain some of the habits it engrained. A cheerful song about tough times 

From the Archives | Too Much of a Good Thing

Yochai Ben-Ghedalia

Jews have always prayed for rain, but those in northern Italy suffered from too much rather than too little, inspiring prayers for protection from flooding Yochai Ben-Ghedalia The Mishnaic tractate Ta’anit (Fasting) devotes exte

Portrait of a People | Westward Ho!

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Courtesy of the Library of Congress Rio Grande (Colorado River)Oil on canvas51 x 76 cmColo

Portrait of a People | The Art of Weaving

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Knotted CarpetDessau, 1929Bauhaus Archive, Berlin Otti Berger1898–1944