Red South – Gerar Stream
When thinking of the return to Israel, one does not automatically think of the Negev. Return to Zion through the centuries centered on return to…
A Model Neighborhood
Beer Sheva doesn't have the popular reputation as a center of architectural innovation - but surprisingly, it is. Faced with large-scale immigration of refugees, the…
Taking on the Swamp
Malaria, as much as government policy, kept the Land of Israel vacant. In 1902, a report on the distribution of the Anopheles mosquito and malaria…
Flour and Torah
In a recent article in Segula Magazine about Jews living in Beit Shean (Beisan) before the Independence War, the subject of Jews living in mainly…
Ideal Family
One of my favorite families in the history of the land of Israel in the early 1900s is the Bentwich family. Herbert and Susanna, their…
The Making of a Zionist
I recently attended the screening of a movie which highlighted an interview in English with David BenGurion. Interwoven with the interview are video clips and…
Ordinary People
As part of some research I am doing for a friend, I came across Chaim and Rachel Mittleman, two ordinary people. Someone in their family…
Birthright to the Max
There have been posts on facebook about an article written recently laying at least some of the "blame" for Max Steinberg's death on the institution…
Patience and Promise
So, I should be working on the millions of things I have to do before my upcoming Birthright and guiding trips, but I heard a…
Olim L’Har Hertzl
As we go through the season of the counting of the Omer, there are several Holidays/Remembrance days that are celebrated. We feel the depths of…
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