The IDF’s Remarkable Success against Hamas
While reducing its own casualties and those of Palestinian civilians.
February 13, 2024
The Origins of Cantorial Music
Decrees of Christian emperors and declining knowledge of Hebrew.
After the completion of the Babylonian Talmud in the 6th century CE, the heads of the major rabbinic academies of Mesopotamia—scholars known as g’onim—became widely acknowledged as the religious leaders of world Jewry. It was during this period that the term hazan ceased to refer to a synagogue functionary and came to refer to a new kind of prayer leader, who distinguished himself by singing hymns. Tamar Marvin explains this transition:
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American Sanctions on Israeli Citizens Are an Exercise in Moral Equivalence
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The Origins of Cantorial Music
Decrees of Christian emperors and declining knowledge of Hebrew.
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