Benny Gantz Should Be Praised for Compromising, Not Condemned for Capitulating
He elevated country over personal and partisan interests.
March 30, 2020
In the Face of Forged Dead Sea Scroll Fragments, the Museum of the Bible Owns Up to Its Mistakes
Other institutions can learn integrity from them.
On March 13, the Museum of the Bible announced that all sixteen of the Dead Sea Scroll fragments in its possession have been shown to be forgeries. While many experts had originally believed these fragments to be authentic, some have been airing doubts for several years. When the museum first opened in 2017, it put some of them on display alongside notes indicating their uncertain provenance. Collette Loll, whose firm conducted the two-year investigation into the artifacts, defends the museum’s handling of the issue:
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Give Lebanon Medical Aid, but Don’t Help It Out of Its Financial Crisis
A bailout for Beirut is a bailout for Hizballah.
What Natan Sharansky Knows That Bernie Sanders Doesn’t
Remembering the truth about Jews and Communism.
The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Not Distract Israel’s Enemies from Seeking Its Destruction
And other security consequences for the Jewish state.
In the Face of Forged Dead Sea Scroll Fragments, the Museum of the Bible Owns Up to Its Mistakes
Other institutions can learn integrity from them.