Nogah Hareuveni was a botanist, born in Jerusalem to Hannah and Ephraim Hareuveni, who were likewise in that field and who envisioned the creation of a Jewish botanical garden containing plants mentioned in the Bible, the Mishnah, and the Talmud. While his parents did not fulfill that dream, Nogah Hareuveni launched the Neot Kedumim Biblical Landscape Reserve in 1965. He was awarded the Israel Prize in 1994.
I have always regretted one thing. When I ponder the Hebrew literature of all periods I ask myself: Why is it that our forefathers, who spent so much time on the study of matters of religion and law…
Poor Blu Greenberg, has she let herself in for it. In seeking to effect a synthesis between Orthodoxy and feminism in On Women and Judaism, she has managed to anger partisans on both sides of the…
It is standard fare at Zionist assemblies to declare that Israel belongs to all Jews, wherever they live. As a ritual to be trotted out on Sabbaths and festivals (and the atmosphere at Zionist…