Hamas’s Narrative about the War with Israel Has Shifted from One of Victory to One of Suffering
No longer the Battle of Badr, but righteous martyrdom.
July 10, 2024
The British Library and the History of Dutch Jewish Medical Students
Eighteenth-century dissertations.
In October, the British Library suffered a major cyberattack, apparently launched to extort money. The London-based library, which is an offshoot of the venerable British Museum, has still not succeed in fully restoring its online resources. Edward Reichman, an expert on the history of Jews in medicine, examines some of the rare Jewish manuscripts found in the library, which include dissertations composed by Dutch Jewish medical students in the 17th and 18th centuries:
July 10, 2024
Why One Israeli Quit the Anti-Government Protests
The problem with “Bring them home now.”
Theodor Herzl Knew More about Early Christian Zionism Than Anyone Realized
The Blackstone Memorial in Europe.
How John F. Kennedy Inspired the Lubavitcher Rebbe
And other stories of the hasidic leader and the presidents.
The British Library and the History of Dutch Jewish Medical Students
Eighteenth-century dissertations.