Hamas Has Failed to Rally Palestinians and Israeli Arabs to Its Cause
Reports of the death of coexistence have been greatly exaggerated.
May 21, 2021
How a Greek Tale of Christian Martyrdom Found Its Way into an Egyptian Synagogue
Saint Plato, the palimpsest, and the piyyutim.
Among the many documents that have been discovered in the famed Cairo Genizah—the storage room for sacred texts in the Ben Ezra synagogue—is but single sheet of parchment, measuring 16.3 by 12 centimeters, and known formally as Genizah MS 17. Alexandra Trachsel tells its story:
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The Democratic Party’s “Structural Anti-Semites”
Those who complain about structural racism won’t apply the concept to the Jewish state.
The Iranian Role in Stoking Anti-Semitism in the West
Why “Hitler was right” and “Death to Israel” trended on Twitter.
How a Greek Tale of Christian Martyrdom Found Its Way into an Egyptian Synagogue
Saint Plato, the palimpsest, and the piyyutim.
How One of Judaism’s Oldest Prayers Is Meant to Turn People into Conduits for Divine Love
The priestly benediction.