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Preservation – Salomon’s Mill

Moshe Chaim Shapira

Very few people are aware that Gershon Salomon, the veteran activist of the Temple Mount Faithful, is the scion of an old Jerusalemite family of millers. The preservation folder of a simple-looking house in the...

19th centuryColumnsIssue 1 | April 2010Land of Israel

Births of a Nation – Jewish Birth Rate in Mandate Palestine

Lilach Rosenberg-Fridman

Thanks to its high birth rate, Israel is one of the West’s only growing societies. Under the British Mandate, however, the Zionist campaign for large Jewish families largely flopped. What factors outweighed the urgent demographic...

ArticlesIssue 70 | September 2024Land of IsraelPre-state of IsraelZionism

Dancing to Bar Yohai’s Tomb – Meron Pilgrimage

Dotan Goren

Over the centuries, Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai’s grave on Mount Meron has drawn pilgrims in increasing numbers, peaking with both celebrations and controversy on the anniversary of his death. The pre-state procession of musicians and...

20th centuryArticlesHistoric Walks in IsraelIssue 64 | March 2023Lag B'OmerLand of Israel

Caesar’s Footprints

Henry Goldblum

Back to the article That Galilee Affair – Julius Caesar In the second half of the first century BCE, Judea played host to some of the ancient world’s greatest celebrities. Cleopatra and Mark Antony left...

AntiquityGeneralsIssue 26 | May 2015Land of Israel

That Galilee Affair – Julius Caesar

Henry Goldblum

Was the fate of Judea as a Roman province sealed from the moment Julius Caesar switched sides in the Hasmonean leadership struggle? Or could Herod’s brutal path to kingship still have been blocked? Either way,...

AntiquityArticlesGeneralsIssue 26 | May 2015Land of Israel

Hasmonean Palaces

Eyal Regev

Did the later Hasmoneans really become Hellenized, as many have theorized? Or were they like their palaces – Hellenist on the outside but Jewish within? The Hasmoneans were among the first to struggle to forge...

AntiquityArticlesHanukkahIssue 45 | November 2018Land of IsraelReligions

Full Circle – Hora

Amit Assis

Though nostalgically associated with Israel’s early days, the hora was originally neither socialist nor Jewish. So how did this folk dance become synonymous with young Zionists circling under a starry sky? Amit Assis There was...

20th centuryArticlesIsrael Independence DayIssue 45 | November 2018Land of IsraelZionism

Tale of a Trail | Allenby Square Jerusalem

Tamar HaYardeni

The sick man on the Bosphorus had lost his grip on Jerusalem, but to whom exactly did he surrender? Parades, ceremonies, and monuments marking the conquest of Israel’s future capital. Tamar HaYardeni Where To? Allenby...

ColumnsIssue 69 | June 2024JerusalemPre-state of Israel

Evasive Action – Building the Second Temple

Yaakov Medan

The Second Temple was begun with a building permit from the Persian empire, but when it was rescinded the exiles found creative ways to continue construction. The "illegal" building they erected inspired later generations in...

AntiquityArticlesIssue 1 | April 2010JerusalemPurim

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...

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Preservation – Salomon’s Mill

Births of a Nation – Jewish Birth Rate in Mandate Palestine

Dancing to Bar Yohai’s Tomb – Meron Pilgrimage

Caesar’s Footprints

That Galilee Affair – Julius Caesar

Hasmonean Palaces

Full Circle – Hora

Tale of a Trail | Allenby Square Jerusalem

Evasive Action – Building the Second Temple

Tel Aviv’s Unsung Heroes

Shlomo Moussaieff’s Antiquities – Solomon’s Treasures

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Preservation – Salomon’s Mill

Births of a Nation – Jewish Birth Rate in Mandate Palestine

Dancing to Bar Yohai’s Tomb – Meron Pilgrimage

Caesar’s Footprints

That Galilee Affair – Julius Caesar

Hasmonean Palaces

Full Circle – Hora

Tale of a Trail | Allenby Square Jerusalem

Evasive Action – Building the Second Temple

Tel Aviv’s Unsung Heroes

Shlomo Moussaieff’s Antiquities – Solomon’s Treasures

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