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Critics | Iron Woman of Yom Kippur

Amit Assis and Sara Jo Ben Zvi

Fifty years after the war whose losses tarnished her legacy forever, Golda Meir is the subject of a new film and biography. Surprisingly, both the Israeli and American perspectives – zooming in on the war...

20th centuryBook ReviewsColumnsIssue 66 | December 2023Land of IsraelPost-1948ReviewsStatesmenWomen

A Day at the Museum | Tower of David Museum

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

The accessibility project that has transformed Jerusalem’s Tower of David Museum over the past three years is no mere facelift. The fortress itself now takes center stage, serving as a gateway to the city of...

ColumnsHistoric Walks in IsraelIssue 66 | December 2023JerusalemReviews

Tale of a Trail | Lake Yeruham

Tamar HaYardeni

Lack of water was one of the young State of Israel’s greatest challenges. Though desalinization has made that issue history, the story of Lake Yeruham reflects the state’s changing attitude toward water over the years...

ColumnsHistoric Walks in IsraelIssue 66 | December 2023Land of IsraelPost-1948Zionism

From the Archives | Seeing for Herself

Anat Kutner

Kfar Uriel was a source of pride for the young State of Israel, and Helen Keller’s visit was an excellent opportunity to show off this unique village where the blind live independent lives Anat Kutner...

ColumnsFrom the ArchivesIssue 68 | March 2024Land of IsraelPost-1948Women

The Medical Legion – Medicine at Masada

Yonatan Lukimson

Ancient Rome owed its military superiority partly to innovative medical treatment of its soldiers. Fascinating evidence of a well-oiled health care system has been discovered at the site of the besieging Roman army’s field hospital...

AntiquityArticlesIssue 66 | December 2023Land of Israelmedicine

Calling Henrietta – Henrietta Szold

Efrat Krausz

From teaching immigrants to setting up a country-wide social work system, from founding Hadassah to saving thousands of young people through Youth Aliya, nothing seems to have been beyond Henrietta Szold. How did a nonpartisan...

20th centuryArticlesIssue 15 | February 2013JerusalemNew YorkWomenZionism

Doctor without Borders – Miriam Duker

Yeshurun Fisher

One of a handful of Jewish women completing medical school despite Russian quotas, Miriam Duker served prestate Israel’s remote communities through thick and thin, extending medical care even to neighboring Arabs Yeshurun Fisher Such a...

ArticlesIsrael's warsIssue 66 | December 2023Land of IsraelmedicinePre-state of IsraelWomenZionism

Tale of a Trail | Khirbet Midras

Tamar HaYardeni

Scrambling through the hidden tunnel network of Khirbet Midras takes one back to the claustrophobic perils faced by the Bar Kokhba rebels Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Khirbet Midras Extensive tunnel network from the Bar Kokhba...

AntiquityColumnsHistoric Walks in IsraelIssue 68 | March 2024Land of Israel

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

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Critics | Iron Woman of Yom Kippur

A Day at the Museum | Tower of David Museum

Tale of a Trail | Lake Yeruham

From the Archives | Seeing for Herself

The Medical Legion – Medicine at Masada

Calling Henrietta – Henrietta Szold

Doctor without Borders – Miriam Duker

Tale of a Trail | Khirbet Midras

A Zionist Life – Chaim Weizmann

Bar Mitzvas Coming of Age – Bar Mitzva

Book Review | Herod the Great

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Critics | Iron Woman of Yom Kippur

A Day at the Museum | Tower of David Museum

Tale of a Trail | Lake Yeruham

From the Archives | Seeing for Herself

The Medical Legion – Medicine at Masada

Calling Henrietta – Henrietta Szold

Doctor without Borders – Miriam Duker

Tale of a Trail | Khirbet Midras

A Zionist Life – Chaim Weizmann

Bar Mitzvas Coming of Age – Bar Mitzva

Book Review | Herod the Great

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