Fabricating the History of the Six-Day War
With little evidence, a new book blames war-mongering generals on both sides.
July 7, 2017
Could an Italian Jew Have Created the Book That Baffled Researchers for a Century?
The Voynich Manuscript’s “mikveh” pictures.
In 1912, the Polish collector Wilfrid Voynich discovered an old, handwritten book, written in a never-before-seen alphabet and accompanied by illustrations. It has since been examined by historians, linguists, cryptologists, and computer scientists, who have generated many theories about its origins—including that it was forged by Voynich himself—without producing anything conclusive. More recently the ink, paint, and vellum have been dated to the 15th century, and their chemical makeup suggests they come from Italy. The scholar Stephen Skinner, by focusing on the drawings rather than the text, now believes the author to have been Jewish, as Danuta Kean writes:
July 7, 2017
In France, Anti-Semitism Is a Hatred That Cannot Be Named
Lessons from the murder of Sarah Halimi.
A Strong Sense of Nationhood Isn’t Just Compatible with Democracy, It’s a Necessity
The decline of the nation-state explains the West’s political crisis.
Sex, Law, Religion—and a Secularist’s Morality Tale
A struggle between good secularism and bad religion?
Could an Italian Jew Have Created the Book That Baffled Researchers for a Century?
The Voynich Manuscript’s “mikveh” pictures.