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Tale of a trail | Monastery of the Cross

Tamar HaYardeni

In a picturesque valley dividing Israel’s parliament and government offices from Jerusalem’s ritzier areas, an ancient monastery nestles within a small nature reserve. Traces of hidden treasure, desperate struggle, and daring heroes are said to...

ColumnsIssue 72 | March 2025JerusalemMedieval Period

Seder Under Siege – Seder in Jerusalem 1948

Moshe Ehrnvald

As the sun set on the British Mandate and rose over the new State of Israel, civil war raged between Arabs and Jews. Jerusalem’s hundred thousand Jewish residents prepared to celebrate Pesach under siege, unsure...

ArticlesIssue 72 | March 2025JerusalemPesachPost-1948

Loving Zion From Gaza – Pioneers in Gaza

Ido Yisraeli

After touring the land of Israel, an early Zionist delegation proposed resettling European Jews not just in agricultural colonies but in cities. A pioneer group from Jaffa agreed to pave the way in Gaza, writing...

19th centuryArticlesIssue 72 | March 2025Land of IsraelZionism

Ruins Revisited | Samaria (Sebastia)

Assaf Avraham

Royal capital of the northern kingdom of Israel until its destruction Where? Northwest of Shekhem (Nablus)When? First Temple, Roman period Assaf Avraham Photo: Zev Radovan And Ahab son of Omri ruled Israel in Samaria twenty-two...

AntiquityColumnsHistoric Walks in IsraelIssue 45 | November 2018Land of Israel

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Tirat Zvi

Tamar HaYardeni

What saved Kibbutz Tirat Zvi – and especially its children – from General Fawzi al- Qawuqji’s Arab Salvation Army in the months before the declaration of the State of Israel? Tamar HaYardeni Where To? War...

ColumnsHistoric Walks in IsraelIsrael's warsIssue 45 | November 2018Land of IsraelPost-1948

Breakthrough to the Negev – Jewish Settlement of the Negev

Dotan Goren

At the end of the 1930s, the land of Israel’s parched south was devoid of Jewish settlement. In the decade leading up to the establishment of the State of Israel, however, the region suddenly boomed,...

ArticlesIssue 70 | September 2024Land of IsraelPre-state of IsraelZionism

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Gesher

Tamar HaYardeni

Three bridges, one Arab village, three Jewish settlements, a railway station, and a hydroelectric plant. How did a single bend in the River Jordan generate so much activity? Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Kibbutz GesherRestored site...

ColumnsHistoric Walks in IsraelIssue 71 | December 2024Land of IsraelPre-state of Israel

Coins of Rebellion – Judean Rebels’ Coins

Yinon Horesh

Unlike other freedom fighters throughout history, the Judeans rebelling against Rome even minted their own coins. Why “waste” energy and resources on mere symbols of independence? What subversive messages did they convey? Yinon Horesh The...

AntiquityArticlesCoins and StampsIssue 71 | December 2024Lag B'OmerLand of Israel

Post-Script | Village Mail

Itamar Atzmon

In the early Zionist villages, postal services were under European auspices but had their own unique flavor – until the Turks cracked down Itamar Atzmon The first Jewish agricultural colonies were established in the Holy...

Coins and StampsColumnsIssue 26 | May 2015Land of IsraelPre-state of Israel

Heads and Tales | The Hole in the Coin

Itamar Atzmon

The Jewish population was agog at the thought of exchanging their Ottoman and Egyptian currency for British Mandate coins stamped with Hebrew, Latin, and Arabic characters. The Arabs, on the other hand, were more inclined...

Coins and StampsColumnsIssue 10 | April 2012Land of IsraelPre-state of Israel

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

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Tale of a trail | Monastery of the Cross

Seder Under Siege – Seder in Jerusalem 1948

Loving Zion From Gaza – Pioneers in Gaza

Ruins Revisited | Samaria (Sebastia)

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Tirat Zvi

Breakthrough to the Negev – Jewish Settlement of the Negev

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Gesher

Coins of Rebellion – Judean Rebels’ Coins

Post-Script | Village Mail

Heads and Tales | The Hole in the Coin

Where Bar Kokhba meets Hadrian

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Tale of a trail | Monastery of the Cross

Seder Under Siege – Seder in Jerusalem 1948

Loving Zion From Gaza – Pioneers in Gaza

Ruins Revisited | Samaria (Sebastia)

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Tirat Zvi

Breakthrough to the Negev – Jewish Settlement of the Negev

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Gesher

Coins of Rebellion – Judean Rebels’ Coins

Post-Script | Village Mail

Heads and Tales | The Hole in the Coin

Where Bar Kokhba meets Hadrian

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