Why Turkey Arrested an Alleged “Mossad Spy Ring”
Sending a message that “We’re no patsies.”
July 6, 2023
They were spectators, but there’s little evidence they were fighters.
During the height of the Roman empire, battles between armed men, or between armed men and wild animals, were a form of public entertainment—not only in the capital, but throughout the provinces. The Israeli scholar Haggai Olshanetsky has investigated how Jews related to these games, writes Menachem Wecker:
Sending a message that “We’re no patsies.”
Jerusalem shouldn’t tolerate an emboldened Hizballah.
Against compelled speech and in favor of Sabbath observance.
They were spectators, but there’s little evidence they were fighters.
Stock up on flour and oil!
During the height of the Roman empire, battles between armed men, or between armed men and wild animals, were a form of public entertainment—not only in the capital, but throughout the provinces. The Israeli scholar Haggai Olshanetsky has investigated how Jews related to these games, writes Menachem Wecker:
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