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Portrait of a People | Spreading Palms

Yael Mali

Yael Mali The date palm has long been one of the Holy Land’s agricultural and economic mainstays – and an emblem of its rise and fall Come to Palestine Lithograph63 X 99 cmBritish Mandate...

ArtColumnsIssue 76 | March 2026Land of IsraelPre-state of IsraelTu Bishvat

From the Archives | Hasidim at Heart

Dani Hacker and Tanya Regev

What do Israel’s third president, businessman and publisher Salman Schocken, and Breslov Hasidic leader Rabbi Yisroel Dov Ber Odesser have in common? A pamphlet distributed in Jerusalem connects them all Dani Hacker and Tanya Regev...

ColumnsFrom the ArchiveshasidismHigh Holy DaysIssue 76 | March 2026JerusalemPost-1948StatesmenZionism

Tale of a Trail | Mikveh Israel

Tamar HaYardeni

Jules Védrines was the first to fly to the Holy Land, though he skipped Jerusalem. But what made the famous pilot miss his designated landing at Mikveh Israel? Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Mikveh IsraelThe temporary...

ColumnsHistoric Walks in IsraelIssue 76 | March 2026JaffaLand of IsraelPre-state of Israel

Egypt’s Exodus – Egyptian Rule in Canaan

Assaf Avraham

Though there’s no evidence outside the Bible for the Jewish people’s sojourn in Egypt, historical and archaeological finds from the end of the late Bronze Age in the land of Israel indicate that Egyptian domination...

AntiquityArticlesEgyptIssue 76 | March 2026Land of IsraelPesach

Cooking Up Independence – Barbecues on Israel Independence Day

Hizky Shoham

In the State of Israel’s the formative years, its education minister called for a haggada to mark Independence Day, and the Histadrut’s Folk Dance Department envisioned mass horas. Much to the chagrin of the country’s...

ArticlesIndependence DayIsrael Independence DayIssue 76 | March 2026Land of IsraelZionism

A Zionist Life – Chaim Weizmann

Yemima Hovav

When requesting that Chaim Weizmann become Israel’s first president, Ben-Gurion described him as having done more to create the state than anyone else. Yet Weizmann’s new role effectively removed the lifelong activist from Israeli politics...

20th centuryArticlesIsrael Independence DayIssue 75 | December 2025Land of IsraelScientistsStatesmenUnited KingdomWW1Zionism

Bar Mitzvas Coming of Age – Bar Mitzva

Hizky Shoham

Thirteenth birthdays haven’t always been cause for Jewish celebration. When were the first bar and bat mitzva ceremonies, and why their enduring appeal even among otherwise unaffiliated Jews? Hizky Shoham Why celebrate bar and bat...

20th centuryAmericaAmerican JewsArticlesIssue 68 | March 2024Land of IsraelLifecycle

Book Review | Herod the Great

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World Martin GoodmanJewish Lives series, Yale University Press, 2024227 pages Martin Goodman begins this masterful chronicle of Herod’s tempestuous life by asking whether...

AntiquityBook ReviewsColumnsIssue 75 | December 2025KingsLand of Israel

Game of Thrones – Hasmonean Civil War

Ilan Abecassis

The Hasmonean story began with the heroic Hanukka tale but ended in a civil war sparked by two rival royal brothers. Two cultural elites – Pharisee and Sadducee – vied for dominance in the death...

AntiquityArticlesHanukkahIssue 75 | December 2025Jerusalem

Greatness in Store – Gittel Dinowitz

Tamar HaYardeni

Very few know anything about her, and even the street sign bearing her name says precious little. Yet Gittel Dinowitz was a pillar of pre-state Jerusalem’s Old City, her leadership growing out of the store...

20th centuryArticlesIsrael's warsIssue 68 | March 2024JerusalemPre-state of IsraelWritersZionism

Tale of a Trail | Gihon Spring

Tamar HaYardeni

Jerusalem’s water supply has been vulnerable to attack since antiquity, prompting ingenious solutions that have long intrigued archaeologists. What made the city’s water source so unusual – and how was it protected from enemies? Tamar...

AntiquityColumnsIssue 74 | October 2025JerusalemSukkotTale of a Trail

Middle East

Portrait of a People | Spreading Palms

From the Archives | Hasidim at Heart

Tale of a Trail | Mikveh Israel

Egypt’s Exodus – Egyptian Rule in Canaan

Cooking Up Independence – Barbecues on Israel Independence Day

A Zionist Life – Chaim Weizmann

Bar Mitzvas Coming of Age – Bar Mitzva

Book Review | Herod the Great

Game of Thrones – Hasmonean Civil War

Greatness in Store – Gittel Dinowitz

Tale of a Trail | Gihon Spring

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Middle East

Portrait of a People | Spreading Palms

From the Archives | Hasidim at Heart

Tale of a Trail | Mikveh Israel

Egypt’s Exodus – Egyptian Rule in Canaan

Cooking Up Independence – Barbecues on Israel Independence Day

A Zionist Life – Chaim Weizmann

Bar Mitzvas Coming of Age – Bar Mitzva

Book Review | Herod the Great

Game of Thrones – Hasmonean Civil War

Greatness in Store – Gittel Dinowitz

Tale of a Trail | Gihon Spring

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