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Story of the Stones

Reviewed: Haim Watzman A Crack in the Earth: A Journey up Israel’s Rift Valley Farrar,…

Shoshana Gugenheim: Woman of the Book

Born and raised in the United States and now living in Jerusalem, fiber, mosaic, and…

Two Excerpts from Tsalka’s Alef-Bet

During a recent visit to Israel I met with Jonathan Nadav, publisher of Xargol Books…

Footnotes

[1]Throughout the Chronicle Najara regularly refers to himself in the third person, as “this rabbi.”…

Zionism and Gnosticism

The world around us has changed. I don’t refer to the obvious changes that science…

A Hymn of Praise to Sabbatei Zevi

At the height of his popularity, Sabbatai Zevi could count among his followers up to…

Sabbatai Zevi at Prayer

Sabbatai Zevi (1626-76) was the most notorious Jewish Messianic claimant since Jesus of Nazareth. Born…

Matchmaker

“Matchmaker, hell,” Leah spat, “more like a pimp.” She’d just heard the rabbi’s eulogy for…