The Nuclear Deal Doesn’t Prevent the U.S. from Punishing the Ayatollahs for Mistreating Their People
The U.S. should follow Ronald Reagan’s example.
January 11, 2018
What the Dead Sea Scrolls Mean for the History of Judaism and Christianity
And remarkable improvements in Jewish-Catholic relations.
In a discussion with Eve Harow, Lawrence Schiffman describes how he became one of the leading researchers into the Dead Sea Scrolls, what these documents say—and don’t say—about the development of both Judaism and Christianity, the differences among the major Jewish sects of the Second Temple era (Pharisees, Sadducees, and Christians), and the remarkable improvements in Jewish-Catholic relations in recent years. (Audio, 65 minutes).
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Hamas and Islamic State: The Honeymoon is Over
A public execution signals rising tensions.
Jewish Voice for Peace and Its Anti-Semitic Obsessions
Blaming American Jewry for police brutality while minimizing neo-Nazis’ anti-Semitism.
Isaac Babel’s Yiddish-Inflected Russian, and the Challenge of Translating It
Transcendent mistakes.
What the Dead Sea Scrolls Mean for the History of Judaism and Christianity
And remarkable improvements in Jewish-Catholic relations.