An exhibit entitled “Jewish Heroism” and tracing the history of Jews as warriors down the centuries opened here yesterday in the Jewish National Museum.
It contains 150 exhibits depicting the Jews as defenders of their own country and freedom for 3,500 years, starting from the nomadic Jewish tribes, the exodus from Egypt, the conquest of Palestine, Jewish wars in Palestine down to the last defense of the second Temple, the revolt led by Bar Kochba and the fall of Betar. Some of the exhibits show Jews as hired warriors beginning a Jewish military settlement in Elephantine, serving under Ptolemy, with the Roman legions, and through the middle ages up to modern times. The concluding exhibit presents the role of the Jewish legions in the past and present war.
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