Born and grew up in a Kibbutz, Tsvi Sadan is a Sabra who passed through the many changes Israel underwent since the Six Days War, that signed the beginning of the great divide which characterizes Israeli society today.
Tsvi holds a Ph.D. in the history of the people of Israel from the Hebrew University.
In 2008 he published his first book, Flesh of Our Flesh: Jesus of Nazareth in Zionist Thought. In 2012 he published his second book, The Concealed Light: Names of Messiah in Jewish Sources, published in German under the title Die 100 Namen des Messias.
Dr. Sadan has also written many articles, both in Hebrew and English, on a wide range of issues, including Zionism, Judaism, Jewish-Christian relations, Modern anti-Semitism and its causes, New Testament and more.
Dr. Sadan and his wife reside in Tel Aviv where he continues to write, mainly for Israel Today, about Israeli culture, society, politics and religion. Tsvi’s intimate knowledge with contemporary Israeli society makes him an invaluable contributor for Israel Today. His in-depth articles give a rare insiders’ view of Israel today.
The regularity with which Jews are being killed by Palestinians is making Israelis numb.
Culture, Religionization and the Ex-Religious
I met Sheikh Nasser Darawsha in his hometown of Nazareth a day before three armed Israeli Arab Muslims emerged from the Temple Mount and killed two police officers.
Moshe Gershuni (1936-2017), the enfant terrible of the Israeli art scene, was awarded the 2003 Israel Prize, but refused to attend the ceremony in protest of then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s right-wing policies.
“…they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.” (Song of Solomon 1:6)
Jesus in Contemporary Israeli Art
Five years ago, as he was strolling through the Jaffa flea market, Amir Zohar (43), a PhD in mechanical engineering, spotted a small pin shimmering in a bucket.
I met artist Avi Yair (57) at the small and enchanting Zadik art gallery in the old Greek section of Jaffa.
Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, rabbi of the Western Wall, says that “Jerusalem is in the heart of every Jew.”
Like so many Israelis, Oria Amrani (46) never gave much thought to the Temple Mount. But, despite not being religious, her first visit to the Temple Mount, which took place only a month or so ago, transformed her life.
