The IDF Deputy Chief of Staff’s Abuse of Holocaust Remembrance
Israel doesn’t need a second Yom Kippur.
May 6, 2016
The Medieval Origins of the Kaddish
Saving the lowliest sinners from hellfire.
While the kaddish may be the best known piece of Jewish liturgy, particularly in its function as a prayer for the dead, there is no mention of mourners reciting it until the 12th century, and then only in texts from France and Germany. David Shyovitz, questioning previous theories of the prayer’s origin, suggests his own:
May 6, 2016
In Defense of Sykes-Picot
Don’t blame the treaty for the Middle East’s problems.
French Jewry’s Enthusiastic But Discreet Role in Resisting the Nazis
And the French Resistance’s own ambivalence.
Did Joshua Really Make the Sun Stand Still?
Or was he just trying to undermine his opponents’ morale?
The Medieval Origins of the Kaddish
Saving the lowliest sinners from hellfire.