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    Issues 51-100

    Issues 51-100

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  • Warner Brothers’ Leading – Harry Warner

    Yuval Rivlin

    On the eve of World War II, Jews’ domination of Hollywood got political. How Harry Warner’s testimony before the Senate redefined Americanism Yuval Rivlin Harry Warner wasn’t a nice guy. Years of Hollywood wheeling and dealing h

  • Game of Thrones – Hasmonean Civil War

    Ilan Abecassis

    The Hasmonean story began with the heroic Hanukka tale but ended in a civil war sparked by two rival royal brothers. Two cultural elites – Pharisee and Sadducee – vied for dominance in the death throes of the Hasmonean dynasty Ilan Abecassi

  • Clothed in Kindness – Clothing Sabbath

    Levi Cooper and Itai Cooper

    Teaser: The Jews who dominated Thessaloniki’s garment industry celebrated Hanukka by displaying their best wares – and by ensuring the community’s schoolboys were well clothed for winter. This worthy example spread far and wide  Levi Cooper

  • Zoroastrians at Heart – Iran’s Zoroastrian Heritage

    Thamar E. Gindin

    Beneath the veil of Iran’s current regime, its people have nurtured their pre-Islamic roots with pride. Until June 12, 2025, the Zoroastrian faith, the Sassanid-Persian Empire, and above all Cyrus, “king of kings,” were all part of an ident

  • Amsterdam Festival Prayer Book

    Ephraim Shoham-Steiner

    Two rabbis, a stonemason’s guild, a Jewish merchant, and the archbishop of Cologne all helped solve the riddle presented by a magnificent, medieval prayer book found in Amsterdam Ephraim Shoham-Steiner In September 2019, an armo

  • Persian Riddle – Iran and Israel

    David Menashri

    Fifty years ago, Israelis lived and worked freely in Iran. How did those peaceful relations turn to war, and how do Iranians perceive Israel now, after half a century under the Islamic Republic? David Menashri The Islamic Revolu

  • Behind the Veil – Mashhadi Jews

    Hilda Nissimi

    Crypto-Jews are usually associated with the conversos of early modern Spain and Portugal, but less than two hundred years ago, the Jews of Mashhad, Iran, met a similar fate. How did a century in hiding affect Jewish life in this community?

  • Columns

  • Book Review | The Many Lives of Anne Frank

    Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

    Sara Jo Ben-Zvi The Many Lives of Anne Frank Ruth FranklinJewish Lives series, Yale University Press, 2025424 pages   Is Anne Frank a symbol of Jewish oppression or a universal model of courage in the face of persecution? As v

  • Book Review | Herod the Great

    Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

    Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World Martin GoodmanJewish Lives series, Yale University Press, 2024227 pages   Martin Goodman begins this masterful chronicle of Herod’s tempestuous life by asking wheth

  • Tale of a Trail | Gihon Spring

    Tamar HaYardeni

    Jerusalem’s water supply has been vulnerable to attack since antiquity, prompting ingenious solutions that have long intrigued archaeologists. What made the city’s water source so unusual – and how was it protected from enemies? Tamar HaYar

  • Portrait of a People | Everyday Miracles

    Naomi Samuel

    Naomi Samuel Abraham, Sarah, and the AngelOil on wood58 X 71 cmBelgium, 1520Louvre, Paris Jan Provoost1465-1529 Northern RenaissanceNort

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