A beautiful book featuring a special dedication from Baron Edmond de Rothschild walks us through the corridors of the Temple in Jerusalem
Passing the Torch: The Maccabees of Berlin
More than 80 years after Jewish sports associations were outlawed by the Nazis, hundreds of German athletes still proudly wear the Star of David on their jerseys
The Story of the First Hebrew Animated Film
Even the creators of the short animated film “The Adventures of Gadi ben Susi” didn’t think it was any good
When the Egyptians Bombed Tel Aviv
Despite its somewhat hedonistic and detached image, the city of Tel Aviv faced its share of difficulties during the War of Independence. So what does Leonard Bernstein have to do with all this?
A History in Pictures: The Jews of the USSR
In the early 1980s, Ilya Dvorkin came up with the idea of documenting the lives of Jewish communities throughout the vast territories of the Soviet Union
The Father of Hebrew Cinema and His Lost Film
Ya’acov Ben-Dov is considered the founder of silent cinema in Israel. This is the story of the few remaining segments of his legendary first film, Judea Liberated.
The Composer Who Angered the President of Israel
Andre Hajdu, one of the greatest and most groundbreaking composers in Israeli history, a recipient of the Israel Prize, was not popular with everyone…
Unicorns in the Holy Land?
Is it possible that the unicorn, that graceful and noble mythological creature, in fact originates from the Land of Israel?
The Two Pages That Survived the Nazi Book Burnings
In May of 1933, Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Minister of Propaganda, organized the burning of thousands of books in Berlin. Two scorched pages survived the burning and made their way to the National Library in Jerusalem.
Celebrating in the Shadow of WWII: “Jewish Photos” from September 1939
For two and a half years, the weekly magazine “Yiddishe Bilder” aimed to become a Jewish version of Life magazine. The fall of 1939 was marked by both the Jewish holiday season and the guns of war…
