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by Yadin Roman The Great Rebellion of the Jews against the Romans was not pre-planned. It started with a not-too-extraordinary riot in Jerusalem during Passover in 66 CE. During the Jewish pilgrimage festivals, the Romans stationed military forces in Jerusalem to control the crowds. But this time, when Roman soldiers tried to steal from the […]

Who Built the Arch of Titus? The oldest-known depiction of the menorah and the sacred vessels from the Second Temple in Jerusalem appear on one of the bas-reliefs adorning the Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum. This arch was erected in the first century CE to commemorate Titus’s conquest and destruction of Jerusalem and […]

Yadin Roman From ERETZ magazine – issue no. 188 – March 2024 Over the past year, civil society in Israel has emerged from the shadows. It has always existed, but social solidarity, mutual aid, and unity have all crumbled in the last three decades, and the essential need for civil organizations has become central to […]

Yadin Roman From ERETZ magazine – issue no. 187 – December 2023 My mother was an avid fan of Aldous Huxley. A dozen of his novels in hardcover and matching jackets stood on a library shelf in my childhood home. My mother even corresponded with Huxley in the early 1940s. I had never read any […]

It is difficult to pinpoint when the Dead Sea and its historic sites were forgotten, but in the Middle Ages, major effort was required to visit the Dead Sea region, whose paths were unknown and its few places of settlement difficult to reach. In the early nineteenth century, when modern geographical research began, very few […]