Antonin Scalia’s Prophetic Speech on the Crisis of Higher Education
Preserving the “uncompromisable standards of human conduct . . . the West has derived from and through the Jews.”
December 15, 2023
The Rabbi-Doctors of 17th-Century Italy
Rabbinic “fellows” and their graduation odes.
In the 15th century, the University of Padua’s medical school opened its doors to Jewish students, and by the 1600s it had become the alma mater of a sizeable number of Jewish physicians at a time when European universities were generally closed to Jews. Edward Reichman examines a set of extraordinary documents to show how some of these students combined talmudic study with their medical training:
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How Israel Prevented a Second Front from Opening Up in the West Bank
Taking off the gloves and “the traumatic memory of the second intifada.”
Hamas Exploits International Aid to Stay in Business
A model shared by Syria and Yemen.
Publicizing the Miracle of Hanukkah in a Berlin “No-Go Zone”
Two German rabbis come out of hiding.
The Rabbi-Doctors of 17th-Century Italy
Rabbinic “fellows” and their graduation odes.