In Boycotting Israel, Professors of Women’s Studies Betray Women in Muslim Lands
Why no boycotts of Islamic State or the Taliban?
December 11, 2015
The Menorah and the True Meaning of Exile and Redemption
What the arch of Titus tells us, and doesn’t tell us, about one of the oldest Jewish symbols.
Ancient Jewish art contains numerous depictions of the menorah, and it remains an important Jewish symbol today, prominently displayed on the seal of the state of Israel. But the most famous artistic rendition may still be the one on the triumphal arch erected in Rome by Emperor Titus to commemorate his destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE. But, writes Meir Soloveichik, the arch might be telling us the wrong story (2008):
December 11, 2015
The Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement and the Current Violence in Israel
Two decades of incitement.
The Menorah and the True Meaning of Exile and Redemption
What the arch of Titus tells us, and doesn’t tell us, about one of the oldest Jewish symbols.
In a New Exhibit, the Jewish Museum Overlooks the Jewishness of Soviet Photographers
Even as it features their work.
The Evolving Meanings of “Gentile”
From “nation” to “pagan” to “non-Jew.”