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Issue 51 | February 2020

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Pomello King – Shmuel Zvi Holzman 

Tamar HaYardeni

Shmuel Zvi Holzman is best known as the man who purchased the land that became the Etzion Bloc, but few are aware of his many globe-trotting ventures Tamar HaYardeni Shmuel Zvi Holzman is known as the father of the Etzion Bloc,

Julian the Temple Builder 

Haggai Olshanetsky

In the fourth century CE, a Roman emperor found it expedient to spearhead construction of a Third Temple for the Jews in Jerusalem. Who was Emperor Julian, how did the Jews react to his initiative, and how did his temple fall before it was

Painting for Dear Life – Charlotte Salomon 

Yemima Hovav

When Charlotte Salomon discovered that her mother, aunt, and grandmother had all committed suicide – among other women in her family – she refused to succumb to their fate. As the Nazi noose tightened around her, she clung to life, immortal

Salonika’s Mystic Quartet – Kabbalists in Salonika

Roee Horen

As one of the Ottoman Empire’s few Mediterranean ports, Salonika welcomed Jewish refugees from Spain and Portugal. Four great mystics emerged from its shores – each with a different approach to redeeming the Jewish people Roee Horen

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