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ד”ר דוקר בהר־טוב, שנות השלושים של המאה העשרים. ברקע שרידי המושבה הר־טוב, קיץ 194

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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

In Good Spirits – Jews and Alcohol

Shalom Boguslavsky

It’s no coincidence that a “l’chaim” is a key feature of every eastern European Jewish tale. Why were Jews the region’s primary manufacturers, traders, and even servers of alcohol – and how did it shape their lives?// Shalom Boguslavsky Sha

Forever Young – Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav

Roni Barlev

The Bratslav Hasidic tradition reflects a religious devotion at once wholehearted and playful. From Rebbe Nahman’s childhood escapades to his fables and his dancing followers, it’s all about constantly delighting in life anew Roni Barlev

The Medical Legion – Medicine at Masada

Yonatan Lukimson

Ancient Rome owed its military superiority partly to innovative medical treatment of its soldiers. Fascinating evidence of a well-oiled health care system has been discovered at the site of the besieging Roman army’s field hospital at Masad

Prelude to Babi Yar – Pogroms in Ukraine

Jeffrey Veidlinger

Following World War I, numerous armies tore Ukraine apart. All agreed on only one thing: the region’s greatest scourge was the Jews, who were humiliated, robbed, raped, and murdered – by their neighbors as much as by invading troops Jeffrey

Doctor without Borders – Miriam Duker

Yeshurun Fisher

One of a handful of Jewish women completing medical school despite Russian quotas, Miriam Duker served prestate Israel’s remote communities through thick and thin, extending medical care even to neighboring Arabs Yeshurun Fisher