Hamas Has Its Own Day-After Plan
A diplomatic offensive.
June 18, 2024
How the Printing Press Changed the Role of the Cantor
When congregants started getting too loud.
Before Johannes Gutenberg’s famous invention, books were rare and precious items. Thus any given synagogue would have no more than a few holiday prayerbooks. Most literate Jews might know the daily liturgy more or less by heart, but the recital of special holiday prayers was solely the province of the cantor. Matt Austerklein, drawing on a 17th-century Yiddish text, explains how this changed:
June 18, 2024
Why Israeli Commanders Are Fundraising to Buy Gear
Despite orders not to.
Anti-Israel Activism Starts in Elementary School
Anti-Zionism from the mouths of babes.
Josephus’ Judaism
A defender of the Jews when they were at their most unpopular.
How the Printing Press Changed the Role of the Cantor
When congregants started getting too loud.