By Arresting Foreigners and Detaining Ships, Iran Reverts to Its Favorite Method of Diplomacy
“Give us what we want, or we’ll do to your people what we do to ours.”
July 23, 2019
Interpreting the Legends of the Talmud
But ignoring the great rabbinic commentaries on them.
Interspersed with the legal material that constitutes much of the Talmud are narratives—ranging from tales about the rabbis themselves, to illustrations of real-life applications of legal principles, to expanded versions of biblical stories, to legends about Alexander the Great. In The Land of the Truth: Talmud Tales, Timeless Teachings, the scholar Jeffrey Rubenstein presents fourteen of these stories, alongside his own analysis. Yitzchak Blau, in his review, praises Rubenstein for his clarity and insight, and offers as an example his reading of this characteristically bizarre tale:
July 23, 2019
Explaining Anti-Semitic Violence in New York City
The idea that Jews are a rich, powerful, turbo-white elite has plenty of purchase.
Greece Swings from Left to Right, but Its New Friendship with Israel Is Likely to Remain Stable
And the neo-Nazis are out of parliament.
The Buried Medieval Jewish Treasure of Colmar
Including a “mazal tov” ring.
Interpreting the Legends of the Talmud
But ignoring the great rabbinic commentaries on them.