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December 26, 2024

The Angular Menorah’s Rejection of the Graeco-Roman Aesthetic

Maimonides, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and a medieval diagram.

In Philadelphia 80 years ago, Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidim launched their campaign of public menorah lightings, which has popularized the distinctive straight-line shape of the candelabrum preferred by their late rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Reviel Netz examines the origin of this view of what a menorah should look like:

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December 26, 2024

  1. Egyptian Textbooks Are Cutting Down on Anti-Semitism

    Holocaust denial remains, but there are fewer references to “Jewish treachery.”

  2. Is Turkey Emerging as the Biggest Threat to Israel, or as an Indispensable Ally?

    A debate.

  3. The Incoming President’s Middle East Adviser and His Ties to Pro-Hizballah Politics

    Massad Boulos is no danger, so long as he isn’t taken too seriously.

  4. The Angular Menorah’s Rejection of the Graeco-Roman Aesthetic

    Maimonides, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and a medieval diagram.

  5. Poor Jews Tend to Be the Most Disconnected from Jewish Life

    And other findings about Jews without money.