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Waiting for Elijah – Elijah in the Haggadah

Chana Shacham-Rosby

When the Pesach Seder took shape almost two thousand years ago, it made no mention of Elijah the prophet. How did the biblical zealot find his way into the haggadah? Medieval Ashkenazic traditions may hold the key

Evangelical Prophet of Zion – William Hechler

Yehuda Moraly

Who would have guessed that the man who crops up most frequently in Theodor Herzl’s diaries was an Evangelical pastor? William Hechler’s religious fervor led him to Zionism, which in turn inspired him to place his many illustrious connectio

Victory at a Price – British Counter-Guerrilla Warfare

Haggai Olshanetsky

Is there any basis for the claim that guerrilla forces are invincible? The British Empire has bested them in a few vicious wars – but at what cost? And for how long? The answers often lie beyond the battlefield

Past Present – Ultra-Orthodox Holocaust Commemoration

Michal Shaul

Although ultra-Orthodox Israelis don’t stand as the siren blares on Holocaust Memorial Day, the memory of European Jewry’s destruction continues to shape their community Looking on from the sidelines,

Awakening from Despair – Yosef Haim Brenner

Amit Assis

Yosef Haim Brenner’s stories are steeped in his own experiences. Deeply troubled by the Jewish people’s desperate state, he saw no solution in the land of Israel yet spoke up for it heroically. In life, and even more so in death, Brenner wa

From Temple to Talmud – Post-Temple Judaism

Yair Furstenberg

Rabbinic Judaism is often described as having developed in reaction to the loss of the Temple and its sacrificial ritual. Certainly, the sages of the period were responding to some kind of crisis. But was it the physical destruction of Jeru

Columns

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. Where To? Allenby