CUNY’s Law Faculty Unanimously Endorsed a Student-Led BDS Resolution—after CUNY’s Chancellor Unequivocally Rejected It
The move may result in serious legal consequences for the publicly funded law school.
June 2, 2022
The Jewish Converts of Antiquity
Stories from the Talmud and historical findings might shed light on an apparent Jewish population explosion in the post-biblical era.
In his 2003 article “Conversion to Judaism in Classical Antiquity,” published in Hebrew Union College Annual, the classicist Louis Feldman analyzed the striking increase in the number of Jews between 586 BCE and the 1st century CE. He concluded that this was likely due to widespread, voluntary conversion to Judaism. In searching for clues as to the reasons behind this apparent trend, Pinchas Landis examines the legends of famous converts from antiquity, in both the Talmud and historical sources.
June 2, 2022
China Threatens to Downgrade Relations with Israel over a Newspaper Interview with a Taiwanese Diplomat
A Chinese official also demanded that the Jerusalem Post delete the article.
The Secret Negotiations between Hitler and the Pope
The opening of Pope Pius XII’s archives sheds new light on his relations with the Third Reich and his attitude toward the “Jewish problem.”
The Jewish Converts of Antiquity
Stories from the Talmud and historical findings might shed light on an apparent Jewish population explosion in the post-biblical era.
Translating the Hebrew Bible Can Rob It of Its Ambiguity—and Readers of the Sacred Duty of Interpretation
The Koren Tanakh.