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Moroccan Makeover – Fez Rabbinic Rulings

Gabriel Abensour

Despite the trauma of expulsion, many of Spain’s Jews reestablished themselves in Morocco, reshaping its Jewish community in their own image. The resulting communal rules and regulations indicate how fast the Spanish Jewish leadership regro

Casablanca – City of Refuge

Yigal Bin-Nun

Though Morocco was ruled by the long arm of pro-Nazi Vichy France, the Jews of Casablanca somehow sheltered thousands of their fugitive European brethren. A forgotten rescue story  Yigal Bin-Nun In the summer of 1940, the German

The Judeo-Arabic Bookshelf – Medieval Judeo-Arabic

Miriam Goldstein

The swift spread of seventh-century Islamic conquest united the vast majority of Jews under one empire and language – Arabic – and revolutionized the Jewish bookshelf forever. What became of the jewels of Judeo-Arabic literature? Miriam Gol

Agreeing to Disagree – Nahmanides

Oded Yisraeli

When Maimonides’ philosophical writings finally reached western Europe in a language its Jews could read, his ideas met with intense and growing opposition. Though the great Jewish leader was deceased by then, Rabbi Moses son of Nahman took

Columns

Voices of the Past | Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Upon learning that every last Jew there had been murdered by the Nazis, Agnon set about recreating Buczacz in all its vibrancy, from its heyday as a seat of Jewish learning until the day its last Jew fell dead upon the hill   27 Is it possi

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