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Voices of the Past | Shmuel Zanwil Kahane

Shmuel Zanwil Kahane

S. Z. Kahane possessed a keen sense of history. Enormous changes had overtaken the Jewish people, demanding a narrative beyond the dry and factual. Drawing on the wellsprings of classic Jewish exegetical literature, Kahane penned...

ColumnsHolocaustHolocaust dayIssue 48 | July 2019JerusalemPost-1948RabbisZionism

Curator or Creator? – Holy Sites

Doron Bar

After the Old City of Jerusalem fell to the Jordanians, Dr. Shmuel Zanwil Kahane took charge of Israel’s few remaining holy sites. Pitching new pilgrimage destinations with boundless creativity and more than a little nerve,...

ArticlesIndependence DayIssue 48 | July 2019JerusalemPost-1948Rabbis

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...

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Post-script | Posting Independence

Itamar Atzmon

Despite the need for secrecy, and with production lines under fire, Israel’s first stamps were printed in time for independence Itamar Atzmon On 5 Iyar – the final day of the British Mandate – the...

Coins and StampsColumnsIsrael Independence DayIssue 16 | April-May 2013Land of IsraelPre-state of Israel

Don’t Call Me Joseph – Josephus Flavius

Haggai Misgav

Scion of an aristocratic, priestly family in Jerusalem, Josephus Flavius explored various sects in search of his identity. As a rebel commander in the Great Revolt, he defected to the Romans, becoming one of the...

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Land of Israel

Voices of the Past | Shmuel Zanwil Kahane

Curator or Creator? – Holy Sites

The Best Defense – Ben-Gurion

Post-script | Posting Independence

Don’t Call Me Joseph – Josephus Flavius

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Voices of the Past | Shmuel Zanwil Kahane

Curator or Creator? – Holy Sites

The Best Defense – Ben-Gurion

Post-script | Posting Independence

Don’t Call Me Joseph – Josephus Flavius

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