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    Issues 51-100

    Issues 51-100

    Old meets new by the Siloam Pool. Illustration using a photograph by Oren Cohen for Megalim Institute, City of David

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  • B’nai B’rith played a significant part in Jewish Jaffa’s development. Jaffa, sea view, late 19th century | Photo: Felix Bonfils, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

    Jewish Jaffa’s Secret Society – B’nai B’rith in Jaffa

    Ilan Shchori

    Years before Herzl dreamed of a Zionist movement, and well before Tel Aviv was even a dream, B’nai B’rith’s Sha’ar Zion Lodge in Jaffa was hard at work bringing the American organization’s values of Jewish solidarity, progress, and culture

  • Instant fame. This photo of Shalom Schwarzbard was donated – together with papers pertaining to his trial – to what became the National Library of Israel. In 1930, Schwarzbard had autographed the photo and inscribed it, “In everlasting remembrance, for the people and land of Israel”

    The Avenger – Shalom Schwarzbard

    Moriya Ta’asan Mikhaeli

    Five gunshots fired on a busy Paris street in broad daylight set the scene for a controversial murder trial. A Jewish watchmaker confessed to the crime, but the resulting proceedings tried the victim rather than his killer, giving the casua

    • Columns

  • Quick Looks at Books

    Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

    Categorically Jewish, Distinctly Polish | An Unchosen People | Jews and Their Roman Rivals | The 36 Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Categorically Jewish, Distinctly PolishPoli

  • Tale of a Trail | Herodium National Park

    Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

    Why did Herod bury his architectural masterpiece and final resting place, and who discovered it? Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Where To? Herodium National Park   Herzl has Herzliya, Montefiore has the

  • Portrait of a People | Shadowlight

    Naomi Samuel

    Naomi Samuel Bezalel SchoolA fusion of Oriental artand Meir Gur Arieh (Gorodetsky)1891-1951 HoraPaper

  • Critics | Iron Woman of Yom Kippur

    Amit Assis and Sara Jo Ben Zvi

    Fifty years after the war whose losses tarnished her legacy forever, Golda Meir is the subject of a new film and biography. Surprisingly, both the Israeli and American perspectives – zooming in on the war and out on a career spanning five d

  • A Day at the Museum | Tower of David Museum

    Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

    The accessibility project that has transformed Jerusalem’s Tower of David Museum over the past three years is no mere facelift. The fortress itself now takes center stage, serving as a gateway to the city of faiths  Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

  • Tale of a Trail | Lake Yeruham

    Tamar HaYardeni

    Lack of water was one of the young State of Israel’s greatest challenges. Though desalinization has made that issue history, the story of Lake Yeruham reflects the state’s changing attitude toward water over the years Tamar HaYardeni

  • Portrait of a People | Window to the Sabbath

    Naomi Samuel

    Naomi Samuel Sabbath Rest, Samuel Hirszenberg, Warsaw, 1894 | Courtesy of Ben Uri Gallery, London

  • 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

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