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Issues 51-100

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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

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

Evangelical Prophet of Zion – William Hechler

Yehuda Moraly

Who would have guessed that the man who crops up most frequently in Theodor Herzl’s diaries was an Evangelical pastor? William Hechler’s religious fervor led him to Zionism, which in turn inspired him to place his many illustrious connectio

Victory at a Price – British Counter-Guerrilla Warfare

Haggai Olshanetsky

Is there any basis for the claim that guerrilla forces are invincible? The British Empire has bested them in a few vicious wars – but at what cost? And for how long? The answers often lie beyond the battlefield Haggai Olshanetsky

Past Present – Ultra-Orthodox Holocaust Commemoration

Michal Shaul

Although ultra-Orthodox Israelis don’t stand as the siren blares on Holocaust Memorial Day, the memory of European Jewry’s destruction continues to shape their community Michal Shaul Looking on from the sidelines, one might thin

Awakening from Despair – Yosef Haim Brenner

Amit Assis

Yosef Haim Brenner’s stories are steeped in his own experiences. Deeply troubled by the Jewish people’s desperate state, he saw no solution in the land of Israel yet spoke up for it heroically. In life, and even more so in death, Brenner wa

Columns

Tale of a Trail | Heletz

Tamar HaYardeni

The dream of discovering a wealth of natural resources beneath the soil of the land of Israel is as old as the state itself. What actually happened when this dream briefly came true and hope burst from the ground of the Negev in a viscous,

Tale of a Trail | Allenby Square Jerusalem

Tamar HaYardeni

The sick man on the Bosphorus had lost his grip on Jerusalem, but to whom exactly did he surrender? Parades, ceremonies, and monuments marking the conquest of Israel’s future capital. Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Allenby Square, Je