Understanding the Background of the White House Ruling on Anti-Semitism and the Civil Rights Act
The lack of a coherent legal conception of Jewish identity rendered the Department of Education unable to cope with anti-Semitic incidents on campus.
December 13, 2019
What the Masada Scrolls Reveal about Second Temple Judaism
The Dead Sea sect might not have been so unusual as once thought.
The Negev fortress of Masada, best known as one of the last holdouts of Jewish rebels against the Roman empire in 70 CE, was built in the 2nd or early 1st century BCE by the kings of the Hasmonean dynasty. When it was excavated in the 20th century, archaeologists found a number of ancient religious scrolls that have helped historians better understand the evolution of Judaism and the text of the Hebrew Bible itself, as Lawrence Schiffman explains:
December 13, 2019
Israel’s Third Elections Might Not Be Such a Disaster, After All
Enabling the electorate to work through the hugely sensitive decision of who should lead the country.
From Jersey City, a Bloody Lesson on the Real, and the Imagined, Dangers Facing American Jews
Don’t expect left-wing politicians to take action against the former.
Finland’s Exceptional Jewish Community
Shaping history rather than being shaped by it.
What the Masada Scrolls Reveal about Second Temple Judaism
The Dead Sea sect might not have been so unusual as once thought.