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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

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

Land of Israel

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

The Samaritan Stories

Sacrifice in Samaria – Samaritans

Tale of a Trail | Heletz

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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

The Samaritan Stories

Sacrifice in Samaria – Samaritans

Tale of a Trail | Heletz

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