Why Neither Sticks nor Carrots Are Effective against the Iranian Theocracy
If you help the Islamic Republic improve its economy, the bulk of the proceeds will go to strengthening the apparatus of repression.
August 1, 2022
A Brief, Illustrated History of Women and the Jewish Book
Authors, scribes, typesetters, publishers, and illustrators.
While it is often assumed that the world of traditional Jewish learning and scholarship was the exclusive province of men, the historical record suggests something else. Beginning with a halakhic responsum (t’shuvah) addressed by Moses Maimonides to a man who tutored young Jewish women, Michelle Margolis provides a whirlwind survey of female authors, scribes, typesetters, publishers, and illustrators, accompanied by numerous images of the books and manuscripts themselves. She writes:
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A Brief, Illustrated History of Women and the Jewish Book
Authors, scribes, typesetters, publishers, and illustrators.