Attacked by Anti-Semites for Her Jewish Roots, an Italian Politician Gives Credence to Anti-Semitism
The “Etruscan nose.”
March 6, 2023
Brain Surgery in Bronze-Age Canaan
“Trephination” was a luxury of the wealthy.
At Tel Meggido, one of Israel’s most important archaeological sites, two skeletons were recently discovered in the home of an apparently wealthy family from about 1500 BCE, one of which has a small square-shaped hole in its skull. Although this is not the oldest evidence of an ancient medical procedure known as trephination (or trepanation)—that distinction goes to 40 sets of remains at a 6,500-year-old site in France—it is the oldest ever found in the Middle East. Nathan Steinmeyer writes:
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Secular and Religious Israelis Both Account for the Country’s Demographic Miracle
Viewing children as a blessing.
New York City’s Mayor Takes a Washingtonian View of Religion and Politics
“State is the body. Church is the heart.”
A 14th-Century Jewish Community Viewed Itself as Having Relived the Book of Esther
Megillat Esther and Second Purim.
Brain Surgery in Bronze-Age Canaan
“Trephination” was a luxury of the wealthy.