Iran Is Back on Israel’s Doorstep
What Monday’s shelling in the Golan portends.
February 15, 2019
How the Pomegranate Became a Jewish Fruit
Significant in the Bible and in Jewish iconography.
Mentioned repeatedly in the Pentateuch as one of the five fruits that the Land of Israel produced in abundance, the pomegranate has long had special significance in Judaism and Jewish iconography. Federica Spagnoli writes:
February 15, 2019
What Middle Easterners Really Think about the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Do populations agree with their leaders?
German Anti-Americanism, the Holocaust, and the Jews
Filling the vacuum left when anti-Semitism went out of fashion.
How the Specter of an Ancient Heresy Has Shaped Christian Attitudes toward Jews
The Marcionite legacy.
How the Pomegranate Became a Jewish Fruit
Significant in the Bible and in Jewish iconography.