What Is the U.S. Doing in Syria?
Using diplomacy to keep Assad in power.
March 4, 2016
Telling the Story of Talmudic Stories
Where did many of the tales in the Babylonian Talmud come from?
In a recent book, Migrating Tales: the Talmud’s Narratives and Their Historical Context, Richard Kalmin seeks out the origins of numerous tales told in the Babylonian Talmud, which was compiled in the Persian empire around the year 500 CE. Kalmin argues that most are traceable not to Babylonian sources but to Jewish and non-Jewish sources in the eastern Mediterranean, then under the influence of Rome. In his review, Amit Gvaryahu discusses some implications that Kalmin may have overlooked:
March 4, 2016
A Close Look at the Palestinian Authority’s Textbooks
Glorification of martyrdom and the erasure of Israel.
Telling the Story of Talmudic Stories
Where did many of the tales in the Babylonian Talmud come from?
Remembering the Holocaust in Serbia
Creating a deceptive narrative of Serbian victimhood.
China’s Growing Influence in the Middle East
And growing closeness with Iran.