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Portrait of a People | How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song?

Naomi Samuel

Jews Mourning in ExileOil on canvas163 x 133 cmDusseldorf, 1832Wallraf-Richartz Museum,Cologne, Germany Eduard Bendemann1811-1889 RomanticismA reaction to the rationalism of the Enlightenment, this late-18th-century movement in literature, philosophy, and art emphasized the subjective, irrational, emotional,...

19th centuryArtColumnsGermanyIssue 69 | June 2024

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 The first Jewish agricultural colonies were established in the Holy Land in...

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

Book review | Lincoln and the Jews

Elka Weber

Was Abraham Lincoln’s attitude to Jews just an extension of his genuine affection for all men, regardless of race or creed, or did it reflect a special regard for the people of the book? Marking...

19th centuryAmericaBook ReviewsColumnsIssue 26 | May 2015

From the Archives | Building Zion from Rhodesia

Denise Rein

A booklet produced by a Zionist youth movement in Rhodesia reflects a rich and vibrant community that lasted less than a century. Its young authors had no idea civil war was about to change their...

20th centuryAfricaColumnsIssue 26 | May 2015Jewish CommunitiesZionism

Portrait of a People | Mother of Art Therapy

Naomi Samuel

Interrrogation IPrague, 1934-38120 X 180 cmOil on woodJewish Museum, Prague Friedl Dicher-Brandeis1898-1944 Deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto in 1942 with a fifty-kilo weight limit, Friedl Dicker-Brandeis filled her suitcase with...

20th centuryArtColumnsCzech RepublicIssue 64 | March 2023Women

Woman of Worth and Wisdom – Flora Sassoon

Hezi Cohen

Even today, most boardrooms remain dominated by men, but 130 years ago a Jewish woman shattered the glass ceiling to preside over one of India’s largest mercantile empires. A philanthropist and scholar to boot, Flora...

19th centuryArticlesIndiaIssue 71 | December 2024Women

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

From the Archives | A Bonfire of Vanities

Hadassah Assouline

A sentence in the concluding prayer of every synagogue service infuriated Christians as an anti-Christian slur aimed at their messiah. An imperial decree wiped the offending words from the prayer books of Ashkenaz Expressing the...

ColumnsEarly modern periodGermanyIssue 10 | April 2012

Book Review | Pleasant are their Names

Elka Weber

Tell me your name and I’ll tell you where you come from. The origins and significance of Jewish names is a fast developing field of research, a rare window opening onto a world long-thought left...

Book ReviewsColumnsEarly modern periodIssue 10 | April 2012

Painting Propaganda – Arthur Szyk

Akiva Zimmerman

Arthur Szyk fought valiantly as an officer in the Ukrainian army, but in defense of his own people, his most potent weapon was his brush. His cartoons assailed his enemies, while his patriotism found expression...

20th centuryAmericaArticlesArtistsIssue 10 | April 2012

A Novel Approach – Historical Romance

Asael Abelman

Whether by Sir Walter Scott or by Abraham Mapu, the historical novel of the 19th century played a significant part in the rise of national consciousness that changed the face of Europe. The Jews of...

19th centuryArticlesEuropeIssue 10 | April 2012Literature and Culture

Periods

Portrait of a People | How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song?

Post-Script | Village Mail

Book review | Lincoln and the Jews

From the Archives | Building Zion from Rhodesia

Portrait of a People | Mother of Art Therapy

Woman of Worth and Wisdom – Flora Sassoon

Heads and Tales | The Hole in the Coin

From the Archives | A Bonfire of Vanities

Book Review | Pleasant are their Names

Painting Propaganda – Arthur Szyk

A Novel Approach – Historical Romance

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Periods

Portrait of a People | How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song?

Post-Script | Village Mail

Book review | Lincoln and the Jews

From the Archives | Building Zion from Rhodesia

Portrait of a People | Mother of Art Therapy

Woman of Worth and Wisdom – Flora Sassoon

Heads and Tales | The Hole in the Coin

From the Archives | A Bonfire of Vanities

Book Review | Pleasant are their Names

Painting Propaganda – Arthur Szyk

A Novel Approach – Historical Romance

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