Thanks to the Likud, Israeli Arabs Are Flourishing
So says a prominent left-wing activist.
November 4, 2019
The Many Lives of an Ancient Jewish Historian’s Greatest Work
Christians, Zionists, and Josephus’ Jewish War.
During the Roman siege of the Galilean town of Jotapata (Yodfat) in 67 CE, the Jewish commander Josephus, seeing (by his own later account) that defeat was at hand, made a pact with his comrades to run on each other’s swords rather than be captured. After the others were dead, he instead surrendered, flattered his way into the good graces of the Roman general, and lived the rest of his life comfortably in Rome writing books about Jews and Judaism. Martin Goodman’s Josephus’ “The Jewish War”: A Biography is a history of the best-known of those books. David Polansky writes in his review:
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Protests in Iraq Have Turned against Iran
America can and should help.
Only Decisive Action on the Ground, Not Precision Firepower from Afar, Can Defeat Israel’s Enemies
How the IDF lost sight of its winning doctrine.
The Many Lives of an Ancient Jewish Historian’s Greatest Work
Christians, Zionists, and Josephus’ Jewish War.
How a Talmudic Anecdote and an Archaeological Discovery Helped Shape Public-Safety Measures on Israeli Beaches
Rabbi Eliezer’s tsunami.