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Drawing for Dear Life

Yemima Hovav

Charlotte “Lotte” Salomon was born just over a century ago to a wealthy Berlin family. Her father, a surgeon, pioneered mammography. Her mother committed suicide when Lotte was only nine, though the cause of death...

ArtistsHolocaustHolocaust dayIssue 51 | February 2020WomenWWII

The Price of Dissent – Uriel da Costa

Moti Benmelech

A converso who returned to his roots, Uriel da Costa found the Judaism practiced in Amsterdam a far cry from the faith he’d encountered in the Bible. The Jewish community’s response to his puzzled objections...

ArticlesIssue 49 | October 2019

The Shrine on the Mountain – Herzl’s Tomb

Ophir Yarden

Herzl’s tomb and the nearby military cemetery have become central locations in the celebration of Israel’s national holidays. Why did this hill in modern Jerusalem supersede more traditional sites? And what does that choice reveal...

architectureArticlesIndependence DayIssue 14 | December 2012JerusalemPost-1948Theodor HerzlZionism

Picture of the Month | Planting Seedlings

Yisrael Goldman

Yisrael Goldman Tu Bishvat, the new year for trees in the Jewish calendar, has gained significantly in popularity over the generations. From a date of mainly fiscal significance for calculating agricultural tithes, it was expanded...

ColumnsIssue 9 | February 2012JerusalemPre-state of IsraelTu BishvatZionism

From the Archives | The Jewish American Secret Police

Hadassah Assouline

A Jewish community organization in New York dealt with myriad issues, even creating an internal police force to deal with rising crime Hadassah Assouline In early September 1908, the chief of the New York City...

20th centuryAmerican JewsColumnsIssue 11 | July 2012New YorkPeople

Esther: The Persian Version – Book of Esther

Thamar E. Gindin

Is the story of Esther a myth, or were its dramatic heroes and villains real people on the stage of Persian history? Iranian sources paint a complex but fascinating picture, which could – like the...

ArticlesIssue 47 | April 2019Purim

The Best Defense – Ben-Gurion

Yagil Henkin

Ben-Gurion could never have declared a state in May 1948 without first painstakingly transforming Palestine’s ragtag Jewish militias into an army Yagil Henkin What was David Ben-Gurion’s most significant accomplishment? Most people would probably choose...

ArticlesIsrael Independence DayIsrael's warsIssue 16 | April-May 2013Land of IsraelStatesmen

Strength in Numbers

Jeffrey S. Gurock

In New York circa 1900, Jewish identity was in the streets and in the air; one in four New Yorkers was Jewish, and formal religious affiliation felt unnecessary. Fifty years later, suburban Jews needed communal...

20th centuryAmerican JewsArticlesIssue 11 | July 2012New York

Jewish as Can Be

Rachel Gordan

Are New York’s Jews opting for more Judaism or less? Is their Jewishness nothing more than bagels and lox, or is the growing visibility of ultra- Orthodox communities an indication of future trends? Rachel Gordan...

American JewsArticlesIssue 11 | July 2012New YorkPost-1948

No Business Like Show Business

Yuval Rivlin

Broadway was a springboard to integration for talented Jewish arrivals from Europe, yet their musicals’ immigrant themes are unmistakable Yuval Rivlin When asked to define modern Jewish identity, Sigmund Freud often responded with a story....

20th centuryAmerican JewsArticlesIssue 11 | July 2012New York

Ticket to Riches

Rebecca Kobrin

The waves of migration from eastern Europe did not simply ebb and flow. Orchestrated by the entrepreneurial spirit of the likes of Sender Jarmulowsky, they created surges of capital. The trade in ship tickets changed...

20th centuryArticlesIssue 11 | July 2012New YorkPeople

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Drawing for Dear Life

The Price of Dissent – Uriel da Costa

The Shrine on the Mountain – Herzl’s Tomb

Picture of the Month | Planting Seedlings

From the Archives | The Jewish American Secret Police

Esther: The Persian Version – Book of Esther

The Best Defense – Ben-Gurion

Strength in Numbers

Jewish as Can Be

No Business Like Show Business

Ticket to Riches

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Drawing for Dear Life

The Price of Dissent – Uriel da Costa

The Shrine on the Mountain – Herzl’s Tomb

Picture of the Month | Planting Seedlings

From the Archives | The Jewish American Secret Police

Esther: The Persian Version – Book of Esther

The Best Defense – Ben-Gurion

Strength in Numbers

Jewish as Can Be

No Business Like Show Business

Ticket to Riches

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