Art and Spirituality
Boris Schatz Boris Schatz was a famous sculptor and painter who established the Bulgarian Academy of Art in Sofia, which he headed from 1895 to 1905. In 1903, he became…
Anthroposophy in Jerusalem
The Mystery of Golgotha Anthroposophy is a philosophical movement and a way of life initiated by Rudolf Steiner. In Israel, they possess a magnificent education system, social welfare institutions, and…
New Age in Jerusalem
Jerusalem, the City That Was Bound Together In the year 1967, the miracle of the Six-Day War occurred; the city that had been divided was bound together, Jews returned to…
Cosmopolitan Jerusalem
Jerusalem During the Mandate Period: A Cosmopolitan City and Spiritual Center Following the British conquest of Jerusalem and the establishment of the Mandatory rule, a "window of opportunity" arose during…
Scientific Career
Born in 1928 in the then-rural colony of Petah Tikva, "Yehoshua"—as he was known by his students—initially trained at a Jerusalem teachers' college. His early years as a primary school…
Painting the Holy Land
This is one of Yehoshua Ben-Aryeh’s most important and fascinating books—in which he touches upon themes that extend beyond historical geography, even if inadvertently—is his work on the painters and…
Jerusalem Sacred Geography
One of the world’s oldest spiritual traditions, dating back to our hunter-gatherer days, is that of sacred geography, and there is no place like Jerusalem to exemplify this. Jerusalem sits…
The Goddess Culture In Jerusalem
Goddess Culture Human civilization as we know it began with the transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to settling in villages and relying on agriculture for a living. This happened 11,000…
Egyptian Spirituality in Jerusalem
Egyptian Spirituality in Jerusalem With the establishment of the kingdoms of Egypt and Sumer, and the first cities throughout the Fertile Crescent, including the Land of Israel 5,500 years ago,…