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Issues 51-100

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Bronze coinage from the Bar Kokhba Revolt | Kadman Numismatic Pavilion, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv–Jaffa

Coins of Rebellion – Judean Rebels’ Coins

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

Flora and her daughter Rachel, 1902 | Photo: Major Stanley Smith, Waldemar Mordecai Wolff Haffkine Archive, National Library of Israel

Woman of Worth and Wisdom – Flora Sassoon

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

Births of a Nation – Jewish Birth Rate in Mandate Palestine

Lilach Rosenberg-Fridman

Thanks to its high birth rate, Israel is one of the West’s only growing societies. Under the British Mandate, however, the Zionist campaign for large Jewish families largely flopped. What factors outweighed the urgent demographic need for J

Dancing to Bar Yohai’s Tomb – Meron Pilgrimage

Dotan Goren

Over the centuries, Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai’s grave on Mount Meron has drawn pilgrims in increasing numbers, peaking with both celebrations and controversy on the anniversary of his death. The pre-state procession of musicians and mystics fr

Flyleaf of the Frank Haggadah, 1857, showing a rebuilt Jerusalem

The Unspoken Taboo – Next Year in Jerusalem

Jonathan D. Sarna

What prompted a century of American Jews to omit the phrase “Next year in Jerusalem” at the conclusion of their Seder? The aspirations and declarations replacing it speak volumes about American Jewish loyalties, priorities, and conflicts, a

Waiting for Elijah – Elijah in the Haggadah

Chana Shacham-Rosby

When the Pesach Seder took shape almost two thousand years ago, it made no mention of Elijah the prophet. How did the biblical zealot find his way into the haggadah? Medieval Ashkenazic traditions may hold the key Chana Shacham-Rosby