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Book Review | Koren Talmud Bavli, Berakhot

Michael Goldblum

A new annotated translation of the Talmud is not just more of the same, but signifies a departure in Talmud study, inviting engaged discussion instead of enshrining tradition Michael Goldblum Koren Talmud Bavli, BerakhotCommentary by...

Book ReviewsColumnsIssue 11 | July 2012

Film review | The Iron Lady

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Margaret Thatcher’s career is worthy of a more deserving tribute than a film about Alzheimer’s Sara Jo Ben-Zvi The Iron Lady Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, 2011 It seems a terrible pity, if one must...

20th centuryColumnsIssue 10 | April 2012Literature and CultureUnited KingdomWomen

Book Review | Demonic Desires

Shai Secunda

The lustful demon of the Babylonian Talmud gamely withstands all scholarly attempts at rehabilitation Shai Secunda Demonic Desires“Yetzer Hara” and the Problem of Evil in Late Antiquity Ishay Rosen-ZviUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 2011, 280 pages...

AntiquityBook ReviewsColumnsIssue 10 | April 2012Middle EastReligions

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...

ArticlesAsiaEarly modern periodIssue 70 | September 2024Jewish CommunitiesLifecycle

Magic Texts

Chen Avizohar-Hagay

Back to the article Birth Rite – Birthing Amulets Psalm of Afflictions The Talmud (Shevuot 15b) calls Psalm 91 and the preceding verse “the song of afflictions” and claims it can ward off demons....

Early modern periodIssue 70 | September 2024LifecycleMiddle East

An Amulet Explained

Chen Avizohar-Hagay

Back to the article Birth Rite – Birthing Amulets Photo: Zohar Shemesh, Israel Museum Collection, Jerusalem Each amulet in this set is dominated by a drawing of an animal-shaped angel topped by the name of...

Early modern periodIssue 70 | September 2024LifecycleMiddle East

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...

ArticlesEarly modern periodIssue 70 | September 2024LifecycleMiddle East

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 Soloveitchik Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2024274 pages ...

Book ReviewsColumnsEuropeIssue 70 | September 2024Medieval Period

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...

19th centuryColumnsHistoric Walks in IsraelIssue 70 | September 2024Tel Aviv

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...

ColumnsEarly modern periodGermanyIssue 70 | September 2024Lifecycle

Portrait of a People | Painting from Life

Naomi Samuel

Naomi Samuel Self-PortraitMilan, 1690121 X 95 cmOil on canvasMuseum of Fine Arts, Budapest Salomon Adler1630-1709 BaroqueOrnate, mainly 17th-century style of European architecture, art, and music, encouraged by the Catholic church in...

ArtColumnsIssue 45 | November 2018

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Book Review | Koren Talmud Bavli, Berakhot

Film review | The Iron Lady

Book Review | Demonic Desires

Body & Soul – Ottoman Jewish Midwifery

Magic Texts

An Amulet Explained

Birth Rite – Birthing Amulets

Quick Looks at Books

Tale of a Trail | Beit Immanuel, Jaffa

From the Archives | Cradle to Grave

Portrait of a People | Painting from Life

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Book Review | Koren Talmud Bavli, Berakhot

Film review | The Iron Lady

Book Review | Demonic Desires

Body & Soul – Ottoman Jewish Midwifery

Magic Texts

An Amulet Explained

Birth Rite – Birthing Amulets

Quick Looks at Books

Tale of a Trail | Beit Immanuel, Jaffa

From the Archives | Cradle to Grave

Portrait of a People | Painting from Life

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