The Connections between Russia’s Threats to Ukraine and the Nuclear Negotiations with Iran
Putin’s anti-Western posture has never been limited to Europe.
January 14, 2022
When Italian Jews Lost the Talmud, but Continued Their Studies
The burning of the Talmud, a Vatican library mystery, and Renaissance Jewish doctors.
In 1553, the Roman Inquisition set about confiscating every edition of the Talmud they could find, and then burned them all at the Campo de’ Fiori, a plaza not far from the Vatican. Many other Jewish books were destroyed as well, and for several decades Italian Jews had to make do without the Talmud. Considering this episode from the standpoint of our present era of information overload, Edward Reichman tells a story that involves a surprising finding at the Vatican library, the controversy in 16th-century Venice involving two Gentile Hebrew publishers and the first-ever printing of Maimonides’ code of Jewish law, and Jewish medical studies in Renaissance in Italy:
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Remembering a Great Critic, and His Reflections on Jews, Art, and Humor
A “small-town boy from southeast Missouri” reads Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Theodor Herzl through the Eyes of a Non-Zionist Contemporary
Stefan Zweig was a reasonable man. But Herzl saw that the age to come was not going to be reasonable.
Islamic State and al-Qaeda Are Still Going Strong
And the latter is still getting help from Iran.
When Italian Jews Lost the Talmud, but Continued Their Studies
The burning of the Talmud, a Vatican library mystery, and Renaissance Jewish doctors.