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56 | Adar 5781 | February 2021

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Old Sparks, New Vessels Hasidism emerged with unexpected success at the dawn of modernity thanks to Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov’s skillful fusion of folk wisdom and religious ecstasy. He subtly wove innovation into the...

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55 | Kislev 5781 | December 2020

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Going with the Flow Levi Eshkol may not have been the greatest orator in Israeli history, but his masterful management of the country’s scant water sources facilitated Zionist settlement and made the Negev desert bloom...

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54 | Tishrey 5781 | September 2020

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. Sheriff of Tel Aviv Meir Dizengoff didn’t actually found Tel Aviv, but as its first mayor he reigned there supreme, building the first Hebrew-speaking city since the biblical period. And Dizengoff created this “Israeli...

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53 | Av 5780 | July 2020

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. Conspiracy or Contagion? Long before covid-19, the fledgling State of Israel battled deadly epidemics in its immigrant absorption camps. Yemenite infants were the hardest hit, and inadequate record-keeping meant that many fell through...

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52 | Nisan 5780 | April 2020

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. Counting the Hours When did people begin telling time? Many ancient societies divided day and night into units whose length or number varied with the seasons. What advantages did variable-length hours provide, and...

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51 | Shevat 5780 | February 2020

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. Salonika’s Mystical Quartet At the Ottoman Empire’s western gate, four kabbalists – Solomon Molkho and rabbis Yosef Taitazak, Yosef Karo, and Shlomo Alkabetz – gathered to usher in Israel’s redemption, each in his...

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50 | Kislev 5780 | December 2019

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- - Voice behind the Iron Curtain // Zvi Golany Israel’s USSR Liaison Bureau saw Nehama Lipshitz as its one-man “Light Music Department,” broadcasting directly to the heart of Russian Jewry. Ditching a Lithuanian opera...

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49 | Tishrei 5780 | October 2019

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49 - The Price of Dissent // Moti Benmelech Uriel da Costa paid many times over for the changes he made in his life. He sacrificed a comfortable livelihood in Portugal for the true faith he found in...

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48 | Tammuz 5779 | July 2019

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48 - The Dark Hours // Anat Kutner Though sleep and sex are hardly the stuff of history, a surprising amount can be gleaned from rabbinic responsa dealing with medieval Jewish sleeping habits. With candlelight...

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Past Issues

56 | Adar 5781 | February 2021

55 | Kislev 5781 | December 2020

54 | Tishrey 5781 | September 2020

53 | Av 5780 | July 2020

52 | Nisan 5780 | April 2020

51 | Shevat 5780 | February 2020

50 | Kislev 5780 | December 2019

49 | Tishrei 5780 | October 2019

48 | Tammuz 5779 | July 2019

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56 | Adar 5781 | February 2021

55 | Kislev 5781 | December 2020

54 | Tishrey 5781 | September 2020

53 | Av 5780 | July 2020

52 | Nisan 5780 | April 2020

51 | Shevat 5780 | February 2020

50 | Kislev 5780 | December 2019

49 | Tishrei 5780 | October 2019

48 | Tammuz 5779 | July 2019

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