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Catalogue of Care – Julius Rosenwald

Yuval Jobani

Self-made millionaire Julius Rosenwald devoted his fortune as well as himself to others. His philanthropic principles speak volumes about integration for both Jewish and black Americans Yuval Jobani Has there ever been a philan

Body & Soul – Ottoman Jewish Midwifery

Tali Buskila

Among Jews in the Ottoman Middle East, birth took place in the mother’s home, where close friends and family assisted in an evolving social and spiritual experience. This safe, female space was seminal in women’s lives Tali Buskila

Birth Rite – Birthing Amulets

Chen Avizohar-Hagay

Prior to effective medical techniques, amulets were a trusted method of protecting believers at their most vulnerable. To keep newborns and their motheres safe, Jews drew on prayers, incantations, and legends of creation as well as angels a

Breakthrough to the Negev – Jewish Settlement of the Negev

Dotan Goren

At the end of the 1930s, the land of Israel’s parched south was devoid of Jewish settlement. In the decade leading up to the establishment of the State of Israel, however, the region suddenly boomed, benefitting from lavish national resourc

Columns

Quick Looks at Books

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Jews and the Wine Trade in Medieval Europe | One Day in October  Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Jews and the Wine Trade in Medieval EuropePrinciples and Pressures Haym Solov

Tale of a Trail | Beit Immanuel, Jaffa

Tamar HaYardeni

An American villa, a Russian baron with Swiss and Ethiopian wives, and a tropical garden with trees from all over the world. Beit Immanuel, in Jaffa’s German Colony, typifies the multiethnic land of Israel before World War I Tamar HaYardeni

From the Archives | Cradle to Grave

Yochai Ben-Ghedalia

When did countries begin maintaining birth and death registries, and how does the lack of earlier data limit genealogical research? Yochai Ben-Ghedalia Shortly after a child is born, usually even before he’s named, the hospital

Portrait of a People | On Stage

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Eunuch’s Costume for the Ballet ScheherazadeParis, 191027 X 43 cmGouache and graphite with

Quick Looks at Books

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