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    Issue 68 | March 2024

    Issue 68 | March 2024

    Adaptation of Jewish Wedding, color print by Dirk Jansz van Santen, Holland, late 17th century

    Articles

  • Who Invited the Rabbi? – Rabbis at Weddings

    Ariel Picard

    Rabbis have officiated at weddings for centuries, but the Talmud mentions no such practice. So how did Jewish clergy become an integral part of the ceremony? Ariel Picard Many human endeavors begin spontaneously but gradually be

  • Bar Mitzvas Coming of Age – Bar Mitzva

    Hizky Shoham

    Thirteenth birthdays haven’t always been cause for Jewish celebration. When were the first bar and bat mitzva ceremonies, and why their enduring appeal even among otherwise unaffiliated Jews? Hizky Shoham Why celebrate bar and b

  • Greatness in Store – Gittel Dinowitz

    Tamar HaYardeni

    Very few know anything about her, and even the street sign bearing her name says precious little. Yet Gittel Dinowitz was a pillar of pre-state Jerusalem’s Old City, her leadership growing out of the store she ran through thick and thin, si

  • Living on the Edge – Forced Conversions in Spain

    Shalom Sadik

    The Spanish expulsion is usually considered the nadir of Judeo-Christian relations on the Iberian Peninsula, but in many ways the largely overlooked mass conversion of Jews a century earlier was far worse Shalom Sadik For much o

    • Columns

  • Quick Looks at Book

    Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

    Shylock’s Venice | The First Jewish Environmentalist | Like Salt for Bread | Ageing in Medieval Jewish Culture Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Shylock’s Venice Harry Freedman

  • From the Archives | Seeing for Herself

    Anat Kutner

    Kfar Uriel was a source of pride for the young State of Israel, and Helen Keller’s visit was an excellent opportunity to show off this unique village where the blind live independent lives Anat Kutner In 1952, Helen Keller visit

  • Portrait of a People | Rite of Passage

    Naomi Samuel

    Naomi Samuel Bar Mitzvah Oil on canvas35 x 45 cmParis, 1865 Jacques Émile Édouard Brandon1831-1897 Im

  • Fascinating phenomena – but who built them and why? Answers were provided only in the 1970s. Cave with niches in Tel Maresha | Photo: Mboesch

    Tale of a Trail | Khirbet Midras

    Tamar HaYardeni

    Scrambling through the hidden tunnel network of Khirbet Midras takes one back to the claustrophobic perils faced by the Bar Kokhba rebels Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Khirbet Midras Extensive tunnel network from the Bar Kokhba rebe

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