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    Issues 51-100

    Issues 51-100

    בהגדות אמריקאיות מסורתיות התרגום לאנגלית של המלים "לשנה הבאה בירושלים" היה מסורבל. בהגדה מאוירת מ־1857 נראה בית המקדש בנוי בירושלים

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  • First among Physicians – Ibn Jumay’

    Amir Mazor

    Saladin’s personal physician and Maimonides’ friend, Hibat Allah ibn Zayn ibn Jumay‘ left a colorful paper trail of Arabic medical works and fragmentary documents from the Cairo Geniza. Discovering an unsung Jewish hero Amir Mazor

  • Doctor Plotter – Roderigo Lopez

    David Lawrence-Young

    Elizabethan England was newly freed from Spanish dominance when Roderigo Lopez found shelter there from the Portuguese Inquisition. This Jewish doctor took grave risks to protect his new queen from Spanish conspirators – or was he in fact a

  • Who Invited the Rabbi? – Rabbis at Weddings

    Ariel Picard

    Rabbis have officiated at weddings for centuries, but the Talmud mentions no such practice. So how did Jewish clergy become an integral part of the ceremony? Ariel Picard Many human endeavors begin spontaneously but gradually be

  • The irony lurking just beneath the surface gives his every sentence double meaning. Agnon in his library | Photo: David Rubinger, Corbis via Getty Images

    A World in Words – S.Y Agnon

    Michal Shir-el

    Nobel Prize–winning author Shmuel Yosef Agnon recreated a lost world in his prose. In Hebrew echoing the majesty of the prophets and the clarity of the Mishna, he peeled away nostalgia for the distant shtetl. Yet the pity and longing with w

  • A Zionist Life – Chaim Weizmann

    Yemima Hovav

    When requesting that Chaim Weizmann become Israel’s first president, Ben-Gurion described him as having done more to create the state than anyone else. Yet Weizmann’s new role effectively removed the lifelong activist from Israeli politics

  • Bar Mitzvas Coming of Age – Bar Mitzva

    Hizky Shoham

    Thirteenth birthdays haven’t always been cause for Jewish celebration. When were the first bar and bat mitzva ceremonies, and why their enduring appeal even among otherwise unaffiliated Jews? Hizky Shoham Why celebrate bar and b

  • Warner Brothers’ Leading – Harry Warner

    Yuval Rivlin

    On the eve of World War II, Jews’ domination of Hollywood got political. How Harry Warner’s testimony before the Senate redefined Americanism Yuval Rivlin Harry Warner wasn’t a nice guy. Years of Hollywood wheeling and dealing h

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  • Fascinating phenomena – but who built them and why? Answers were provided only in the 1970s. Cave with niches in Tel Maresha | Photo: Mboesch

    Tale of a Trail | Khirbet Midras

    Tamar HaYardeni

    Scrambling through the hidden tunnel network of Khirbet Midras takes one back to the claustrophobic perils faced by the Bar Kokhba rebels Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Khirbet Midras Extensive tunnel network from the Bar Kokhba rebe

  • Tale of a Trail | Muristan Market

    Tamar HaYardeni

    Like the center of a five-pointed star, marked by a fountain and surrounded by storefronts, the Muristan Market in Jerusalem’s Old City draws tourists, garment manufacturers, and serious shoppers alike Tamar HaYardeni Where To?

  • Book Review | The Many Lives of Anne Frank

    Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

    Sara Jo Ben-Zvi The Many Lives of Anne Frank Ruth FranklinJewish Lives series, Yale University Press, 2025424 pages   Is Anne Frank a symbol of Jewish oppression or a universal model of courage in the face of persecution? As v

  • Book Review | Herod the Great

    Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

    Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World Martin GoodmanJewish Lives series, Yale University Press, 2024227 pages   Martin Goodman begins this masterful chronicle of Herod’s tempestuous life by asking wheth

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