Anti-Semitism Is a Threat to Western Civilization Itself
And it’s a very present threat, on both sides of the Atlantic.
December 31, 2019
Two Hanukkahs or One?
Some back-of-the-envelope sociology of American Jewry.
According to the available statistics. two-thirds of American Jews light candles at least once over the course of the Festival of Lights. Yet Cole Aronson suggests that the story of the Hasmoneans’ victory over an imperial power that wanted to enforce religious conformity—and also over those Jews who wanted to compromise with it—is remembered in very different ways:
December 31, 2019
New Israeli Scholarship Shows That an Alleged 1948 Massacre Never Happened
And exposes other myths about Israel’s War of Independence.
The Land of Israel through the Eyes of 19th-Century Travel Writers
“Traces of an omniscient God” or “unspeakably offensive to eye and nostril”?
When Did Jews and Christians Part Ways? Later Than You Might Think
A new scholarly analysis of the early church.
Two Hanukkahs or One?
Some back-of-the-envelope sociology of American Jewry.