Israel’s Strategic Gamble in Lebanon
By attacking infrastructure rather than armies, the IDF aims for a quick victory.
November 13, 2024
Uncovering the Legal Records of France’s Once-Largest Jewish Community
How an 18th-century rabbinic court dealt with everything from charitable trusts to illegitimate pregnancies.
In the late 18th century, Metz was home to some 3,000 mostly Yiddish-speaking Jews—making it the largest Jewish community in all of France. Like many European Jewish communities of its day, it enjoyed a degree of legal autonomy. The local rabbinical court or beit din, whose judges included two of the era’s most prominent talmudists, left behind a record book, known as a pinkas, for the years 1771 to 1789. Eliezer Brodt and Dan Rabinowitz explain:
November 13, 2024
Will Israel’s Next Soccer Match Spark Another Round of Riots?
All eyes on Paris.
Orthodox Jews Strike a Blow for Religious Freedom in California
And for the education of special-needs children.
Uncovering the Legal Records of France’s Once-Largest Jewish Community
How an 18th-century rabbinic court dealt with everything from charitable trusts to illegitimate pregnancies.
A Rare Seal Returns to Israel’s Coast
Or is that a biblical tahash?