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Book Review | Pleasant are their Names

Elka Weber

Tell me your name and I’ll tell you where you come from. The origins and significance of Jewish names is a fast developing field of research, a rare window opening onto a world long-thought left...

Book ReviewsColumnsEarly modern periodIssue 10 | April 2012

Painting Propaganda – Arthur Szyk

Akiva Zimmerman

Arthur Szyk fought valiantly as an officer in the Ukrainian army, but in defense of his own people, his most potent weapon was his brush. His cartoons assailed his enemies, while his patriotism found expression...

20th centuryAmericaArticlesArtistsIssue 10 | April 2012

A Novel Approach – Historical Romance

Asael Abelman

Whether by Sir Walter Scott or by Abraham Mapu, the historical novel of the 19th century played a significant part in the rise of national consciousness that changed the face of Europe. The Jews of...

19th centuryArticlesEuropeIssue 10 | April 2012Literature and Culture

Winning the Race – New Israel

Assaf Malach

The Christian kingdoms of medieval Europe found inspiration for their national vision in the biblical narrative of God’s chosen race Assaf Malach In 1523, a Christian scribe copying a Russian translation of Psalms noted, in...

ArticlesEuropeIssue 10 | April 2012Medieval PeriodReligions

Where Bar Kokhba meets Hadrian

Dov Kesselman

Back to the article Bar Kokhba – The Fighters’ Antique The coins from the Te’omim cave are part of the Israel Museum’s new permanent exhibit, featuring a copper statue of Hadrian and a triumphal arch...

AntiquityIssue 1 | April 2010Land of Israel

The Samaritan Stories

Zeev H. Ehrlich

Back to the article Sacrifice in Samaria – Samaritans Cuthites from the Tribe of Benjamin | The creed of the Holy Mountain | Similar but Different – the Samaritan Calendar | Matchmakers’ Night Zeev H....

Issue 10 | April 2012Jewish CommunitiesLand of IsraelPost-1948Religions

Sacrifice in Samaria – Samaritans

Zeev H. Ehrlich

The paschal lambs are bleating on the road to Nablus. The community elders are decked out in white and the final preparations for the sacrifice on Mt. Gerizim are nearing completion. Is this what the...

ArticlesIssue 10 | April 2012Jewish CommunitiesLand of IsraelPesachPost-1948

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...

ColumnsHistoric Walks in IsraelIssue 64 | March 2023Land of IsraelPost-1948

Book Review | Maimonides in His World

Shai Secunda

Shai Secunda Maimonides in His WorldPortrait of a Mediterranean Thinker Sarah StroumsaPrinceton University Press 2009 Faced with a sophisticated yet uncomplicated gadget, the New York Times’ review of the iPad™ offers two assessments side...

Book ReviewsColumnsIssue 1 | April 2010Medieval PeriodRabbis

Film review | Inglourious Basterds

Hayuta Deutsch

Musings on history, alternative history, and theology based on the surprising final scene of Tarantino’s film. Hayuta Deutsch Inglourious Basterds Quentin TarantinoUSA, 2009 An SS officer arrives at a dairy farm in a French...

ColumnsIssue 1 | April 2010Literature and Culture

Preservation – Salomon’s Mill

Moshe Chaim Shapira

Very few people are aware that Gershon Salomon, the veteran activist of the Temple Mount Faithful, is the scion of an old Jerusalemite family of millers. The preservation folder of a simple-looking house in the...

19th centuryColumnsIssue 1 | April 2010Land of Israel

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Book Review | Pleasant are their Names

Painting Propaganda – Arthur Szyk

A Novel Approach – Historical Romance

Winning the Race – New Israel

Where Bar Kokhba meets Hadrian

The Samaritan Stories

Sacrifice in Samaria – Samaritans

Tale of a Trail | Heletz

Book Review | Maimonides in His World

Film review | Inglourious Basterds

Preservation – Salomon’s Mill

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Book Review | Pleasant are their Names

Painting Propaganda – Arthur Szyk

A Novel Approach – Historical Romance

Winning the Race – New Israel

Where Bar Kokhba meets Hadrian

The Samaritan Stories

Sacrifice in Samaria – Samaritans

Tale of a Trail | Heletz

Book Review | Maimonides in His World

Film review | Inglourious Basterds

Preservation – Salomon’s Mill

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