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Issues 51-100

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Breakthrough to the Negev – Jewish Settlement of the Negev

Dotan Goren

At the end of the 1930s, the land of Israel’s parched south was devoid of Jewish settlement. In the decade leading up to the establishment of the State of Israel, however, the region suddenly boomed, benefitting from lavish national resourc

Feeding the Heavens – Jewish Birdfeeding Customs

Yossi Ziv

Both Polish and Ethiopian Jews traditionally fed birds at specific times of year, ascribing deep meaning to this practice. Did the custom spread from south to north with the migratory flocks, or was it simply the Jewish imagination that too

Columns

Quick Looks at Books

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Jews and the Wine Trade in Medieval Europe | One Day in October  Jews and the Wine Trade in Medieval EuropePrinciples and Pressures

Tale of a Trail | Beit Immanuel, Jaffa

Tamar HaYardeni

An American villa, a Russian baron with Swiss and Ethiopian wives, and a tropical garden with trees from all over the world. Beit Immanuel, in Jaffa’s German Colony, typifies the multiethnic land of Israel before World War I

From the Archives | Cradle to Grave

Yochai Ben-Ghedalia

When did countries begin maintaining birth and death registries, and how does the lack of earlier data limit genealogical research? Shortly after a child is born, usually even before he’s named, the ho

Portrait of a People | On Stage

Naomi Samuel

Eunuch’s Costume for the Ballet ScheherazadeParis, 191027 X 43 cmGouache and graphite with gold accentsMetropolitan Museum of Art New York Léon Bakst1866-1924   Art NouveauAn international style of art, design, and architecture popular bet

Quick Looks at Book

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic | Reading Herzl in Beirut  The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s AtticRereading the Women of the Talmud Gil

Tale of a Trail | Kibbutz Gesher

Tamar HaYardeni

Three bridges, one Arab village, three Jewish settlements, a railway station, and a hydroelectric plant. How did a single bend in the River Jordan generate so much activity? Where To? Kibbutz GesherRes

Voices of the Past | Eliezer Ben Yehuda

Eliezer Ben Yehuda

Father of modern Hebrew Eliezer Ben Yehuda describes how Balkan nationalism drew him to Zionism Eliezer Ben Yehuda (see “Hebrew Zealot,” Segula 22) wrote this article soon after the issuance of the Ba

Portrait of a People | Lions on Canvas

Naomi Samuel

Daniel in the Lions’ DenOil on canvas, 98 x 152 cmLondon, 1872National Museums, Liverpool Briton Rivière1840-1920RomanticismAn artistic movement aiming to represent everyday life as is   London-born Briton Rivière i