What Will a Trump Presidency Mean for the Middle East?
For Israel, it’s about more than the bilateral relationship.
November 10, 2016
Reading the Book of Nehemiah in Light of Persian Imperial Propaganda
Striking similarities.
According to the Hebrew Bible, Nehemiah—a Jew serving in the Persian court—was made governor of Judea at the behest of the emperor Artaxerxes in the 5th century BCE. In this role he restored Jerusalem’s walls and revived adherence to the Torah. Lucas Schulte compares depictions of the Persian regime in the book of Nehemiah with those in contemporary Babylonian and Egyptian texts, and notes some common threads of the empire’s public-relations strategy. (Free registration required.)
November 10, 2016
The Sykes-Picot Agreement Didn’t Create the Borders of the Modern Middle East—and Redrawn Borders Won’t Fix Its Problems
Debunking the myths.
Memo to the State Department: Building Houses in a Jerusalem Neighborhood Is Not Settlement Expansion
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Reading the Book of Nehemiah in Light of Persian Imperial Propaganda
Striking similarities.
How Picking Mushrooms in New England Became a Jewish Tradition
Every fall, ex-Soviet Jews descend on the coast to forage.