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Issue 64 | March 2023
Issue 64 | March 2023
William Hechler | Photo: Imagno/Getty Images
Articles
Dotan Goren
Over the centuries, Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai’s grave on Mount Meron has drawn pilgrims in increasing numbers, peaking with both celebrations and controversy on the anniversary of his death. The pre-state procession of musicians and mystics fr
Jonathan D. Sarna
What prompted a century of American Jews to omit the phrase “Next year in Jerusalem” at the conclusion of their Seder? The aspirations and declarations replacing it speak volumes about American Jewish loyalties, priorities, and conflicts, a
Chana Shacham-Rosby
When the Pesach Seder took shape almost two thousand years ago, it made no mention of Elijah the prophet. How did the biblical zealot find his way into the haggadah? Medieval Ashkenazic traditions may hold the key
Chana Shacham-Rosby
Yehuda Moraly
Who would have guessed that the man who crops up most frequently in Theodor Herzl’s diaries was an Evangelical pastor? William Hechler’s religious fervor led him to Zionism, which in turn inspired him to place his many illustrious connectio
Columns
Naomi Samuel
Naomi Samuel
Interrrogation IPrague, 1934-38120 X 180 cmOil on woodJewish Museum, Prague
Friedl Dicher
Tamar HaYardeni
The dream of discovering a wealth of natural resources beneath the soil of the land of Israel is as old as the state itself. What actually happened when this dream briefly came true and hope burst from the ground of the Negev in a viscous,