Iran’s Four-Decade Strategy to Envelope Israel in Terror
Tehran’s hand in the first and second intifadas.
June 2, 2023
What Talmudic Manuscripts Tell Us
The texts we take for granted are the work of countless scribes about whom we know little but their handwriting.
The Talmud and its commentaries and related texts are famously difficult to understand. Adding to the difficulty are the multiplicity of versions: the oldest part of the Talmud, known as the Mishnah (from the early 3rd century CE) is mirrored by a parallel text, probably composed about a century later, called the Tosefta, which contains much identical material and a host of variations. Then there is the Jerusalem Talmud (or Yerushalmi), compiled around 400 CE and later largely supplanted by the 7th-century Babylonian Talmud. And each of these texts stems from manuscripts that themselves vary. Tamar Marvin provides an introduction to the subject:
June 2, 2023
Finding the Key to Israeli Happiness
Neighborliness, a lack of resentment, and a sense of perspective.
How Orthodox Jews Became Coronavirus Scapegoats
To governors, doctors, and journalists.
World War I and the Origins of Israel’s Most Famous Song
A joyous tune for a baleful year.
What Talmudic Manuscripts Tell Us
The texts we take for granted are the work of countless scribes about whom we know little but their handwriting.