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Tel Aviv’s Unsung Heroes

Nir Mann

"Tel Aviv is at the flicks", mocks the song from 1948, describing the functioning of the first Hebrew city during the War of Independence. But the reality was quite different: Tel Aviv, the heart of...

ArticlesIsrael Independence DayIssue 1 | April 2010Land of IsraelPost-1948

Shlomo Moussaieff’s Antiquities – Solomon’s Treasures

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Stepping into the world of Shlomo Moussaieff's antiquities collection at his home in Herzliya is more like walking into a magical Aladdin's cave than a neatly categorized museum. His fascinating – and controversial – collection...

20th centuryArticlesIssue 1 | April 2010Land of IsraelMiddle East

Bar Kokhba – The Fighters’ Antique

Nir Rachkovsky

Rappelling to access hidden passages within the depths of the Te'omim cave, archeologists discovered a treasure trove of coins from the Bar Kokhba revolt. The greatest surprise was one peruta, a small bronze coin minted...

AntiquityArticlesHolidaysIssue 1 | April 2010Lag B'OmerLand of IsraelMiddle East

Past Present – Ultra-Orthodox Holocaust Commemoration

Michal Shaul

Although ultra-Orthodox Israelis don’t stand as the siren blares on Holocaust Memorial Day, the memory of European Jewry’s destruction continues to shape their community Michal Shaul Looking on from the sidelines, one might think Israel’s...

20th centuryArticlesHolocaust dayIssue 69 | June 2024Land of IsraelReligions

Awakening from Despair – Yosef Haim Brenner

Amit Assis

Yosef Haim Brenner’s stories are steeped in his own experiences. Deeply troubled by the Jewish people’s desperate state, he saw no solution in the land of Israel yet spoke up for it heroically. In life,...

20th centuryArticlesIssue 69 | June 2024Land of IsraelLiterature and CultureZionism

From Temple to Talmud – Post-Temple Judaism

Yair Furstenberg

Rabbinic Judaism is often described as having developed in reaction to the loss of the Temple and its sacrificial ritual. Certainly, the sages of the period were responding to some kind of crisis. But was...

AntiquityArticlesIssue 69 | June 2024JerusalemLand of IsraelReligions

Land of Israel

Tel Aviv’s Unsung Heroes

Shlomo Moussaieff’s Antiquities – Solomon’s Treasures

Bar Kokhba – The Fighters’ Antique

Past Present – Ultra-Orthodox Holocaust Commemoration

Awakening from Despair – Yosef Haim Brenner

From Temple to Talmud – Post-Temple Judaism

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Tel Aviv’s Unsung Heroes

Shlomo Moussaieff’s Antiquities – Solomon’s Treasures

Bar Kokhba – The Fighters’ Antique

Past Present – Ultra-Orthodox Holocaust Commemoration

Awakening from Despair – Yosef Haim Brenner

From Temple to Talmud – Post-Temple Judaism

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