The Possible Death of Mohammad Deif, and What It Means
Terrorist groups are more than the sum of their leaders.
July 16, 2024
Rabbis against the Theater
And ancient Judaism’s greatest playwright.
If ancient rabbis and church leaders agreed about one thing, it was that the pious should not attend the theater—the most popular of entertainments in the Roman-ruled Mediterranean. The fact that both groups of clergymen devoted so much attention to this problem, argues Courtney Friesen in a new book, suggests that many of their congregants did indeed patronize the theater. Menachem Wecker writes:
July 16, 2024
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Rabbis against the Theater
And ancient Judaism’s greatest playwright.