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Issue 71 | December 2024
Issue 71 | December 2024
Rabbi Yehuda Alkalai | Illustration: Ovadiah Benishu
Articles
Yossi Ziv
Both Polish and Ethiopian Jews traditionally fed birds at specific times of year, ascribing deep meaning to this practice. Did the custom spread from south to north with the migratory flocks, or was it simply the Jewish imagination that too
Yitzhak Krausz
At first glance, 19th-century rabbi Yehuda Alkalai’s writings seem like traditional Jewish interpretations of biblical prophecies, but closer scrutiny reveals a strikingly modern redemptive vision – which had yet to be dubbed Zionism
Yitzha
Yinon Horesh
Unlike other freedom fighters throughout history, the Judeans rebelling against Rome even minted their own coins. Why “waste” energy and resources on mere symbols of independence? What subversive messages did they convey?
Yinon Horesh
Hezi Cohen
Even today, most boardrooms remain dominated by men, but 130 years ago a Jewish woman shattered the glass ceiling to preside over one of India’s largest mercantile empires. A philanthropist and scholar to boot, Flora Sassoon was a force to
Columns
Naomi Samuel
Naomi Samuel
Eunuch’s Costume for the Ballet ScheherazadeParis, 191027 X 43 cmGouache and graphite with
Sara Jo Ben-Zvi
The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic | Reading Herzl in Beirut
Sara Jo Ben-Zvi
The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s AtticRereading the Women of the Talmud
Gila FineMaggi
Tamar HaYardeni
Three bridges, one Arab village, three Jewish settlements, a railway station, and a hydroelectric plant. How did a single bend in the River Jordan generate so much activity?
Tamar HaYardeni
Where To?
Kibbutz GesherRestored site
Eliezer Ben Yehuda
Father of modern Hebrew Eliezer Ben Yehuda describes how Balkan nationalism drew him to Zionism
Eliezer Ben Yehuda
Eliezer Ben Yehuda (see “Hebrew Zealot,” Segula 22) wrote this article soon after the issuance of the Balfour De