Anti-Semitism Is a Threat to Western Civilization Itself
And it’s a very present threat, on both sides of the Atlantic.
December 31, 2019
The Land of Israel through the Eyes of 19th-Century Travel Writers
“Traces of an omniscient God” or “unspeakably offensive to eye and nostril”?
The 19th century saw the rise of a new genre: the guidebook for tourists, associated above all with the Baedekers of Germany. In a survey of several guidebooks and travelogues written by Europeans about their visits to the Holy Land, Jerold Auerbach cites the description of the Western Wall from Reverend D.A. Randall’s Egypt, Sinai, and the Holy Land:
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New Israeli Scholarship Shows That an Alleged 1948 Massacre Never Happened
And exposes other myths about Israel’s War of Independence.
The Land of Israel through the Eyes of 19th-Century Travel Writers
“Traces of an omniscient God” or “unspeakably offensive to eye and nostril”?
When Did Jews and Christians Part Ways? Later Than You Might Think
A new scholarly analysis of the early church.
Two Hanukkahs or One?
Some back-of-the-envelope sociology of American Jewry.