The Iran Nuclear Deal’s Corrosive Effects on Non-Proliferation
Punishing good behavior and rewarding bad.
July 27, 2016
A 200-Year-Old English Translation of a Spanish Prayer Book
And what it says about the origins of English Jewry.
Following the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, and the forced conversion of Portuguese Jewry shortly thereafter, many converted Jews and their descendants continued to observe Jewish rituals in private. But knowledge of Hebrew was gradually lost among them, and many who eventually found their way to other parts of Western Europe continued to pray in Spanish. The scholar Aron Sterk’s recent discovery of an English-language prayer book casts some light on the first of these Jews to make their way to England—perhaps even before the formal re-admission of Jews in 1656. Jenni Frazer writes:
July 27, 2016
Mahmoud Abbas Tries to Take Israel’s Legitimacy to Court
Suing Britain over Balfour.
A U.S. Congressman Calls Jews Insects and (Almost) Gets Away With It
Don’t give anti-Semitism a pass.
A Hungarian Winery and the Fate of Jewish Property after the Holocaust
Robbed twice.
A 200-Year-Old English Translation of a Spanish Prayer Book
And what it says about the origins of English Jewry.