Iran Wins Another Victory in Iraq
Baghdad capitulates to the militias.
July 8, 2020
How Hebrew Fiction Learned to Talk
The cadences of the Talmud left their mark on Yiddish, and Israeli, speech patterns.
With the birth of modern Hebrew literature in the 19th century, writers had little to draw upon when composing dialogue in a language that had not been used for everyday speech in nearly two millennia. The late Alan Mintz sums up the problem in a posthumously published essay:
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The Prospect of American Retreat from the Middle East Is Encouraging Israel to Extend Its Sovereignty into the West Bank
The Jewish state is vulnerable without firm control of the Jordan Valley.
How Palestinian Schools Erase Palestinian Christians
“Crusaders, infidels, and foreigners.”
How Hebrew Fiction Learned to Talk
The cadences of the Talmud left their mark on Yiddish, and Israeli, speech patterns.
Preserving Records of Ottoman Jewish Cemeteries, Thanks to Bernard Lewis
With 100,000 photos of 61,022 tombstones.