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A Day at the Museum | Bialik Square

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

A nostalgic, European-style city square has been renovated once again, this time commemorating a century since Hayim Nahman Bialik’s arrival in Tel Aviv Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Bialik Square is one of Tel Aviv’s oldest public...

ColumnsIssue 69 | June 2024Literature and CulturePre-state of IsraelTel Aviv

Post-Script | Village Mail

Itamar Atzmon

In the early Zionist villages, postal services were under European auspices but had their own unique flavor – until the Turks cracked down Itamar Atzmon The first Jewish agricultural colonies were established in the Holy...

Coins and StampsColumnsIssue 26 | May 2015Land of IsraelPre-state of Israel

Heads and Tales | The Hole in the Coin

Itamar Atzmon

The Jewish population was agog at the thought of exchanging their Ottoman and Egyptian currency for British Mandate coins stamped with Hebrew, Latin, and Arabic characters. The Arabs, on the other hand, were more inclined...

Coins and StampsColumnsIssue 10 | April 2012Land of IsraelPre-state 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

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

Return of the Spies – Nili

Yemima Hovav

In the dark days of World War I, members of the Nili spy ring foresaw the new order emerging in the Middle East and opted to work with the British, despite all the risks. To...

ArticlesIssue 23 | October 2014PioneersPre-state of IsraelWomenWW1Zionism

Pre-state of Israel

A Day at the Museum | Bialik Square

Post-Script | Village Mail

Heads and Tales | The Hole in the Coin

Births of a Nation – Jewish Birth Rate in Mandate Palestine

Tale of a Trail | Allenby Square Jerusalem

Return of the Spies – Nili

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A Day at the Museum | Bialik Square

Post-Script | Village Mail

Heads and Tales | The Hole in the Coin

Births of a Nation – Jewish Birth Rate in Mandate Palestine

Tale of a Trail | Allenby Square Jerusalem

Return of the Spies – Nili

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