Curator or Creator
Nowhere to Go In 1950, Jerusalem gained a new pilgrimage site: the Lion’s Cave, located in the Muslim graveyard of the city’s Mamilla neighborhood. The man responsible for this innovation was the director of Israel’s...
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Shmuel Zanwil Kahane and the Legend of the Holy Ashes
The Curator's Vision Shmuel Zanwil Kahane, director of Israel's Ministry of Religious Affairs from 1949 to 1979, possessed a keen sense of history. Enormous changes had overtaken the Jewish people, demanding a narrative beyond the...
