Why Turkey Arrested an Alleged “Mossad Spy Ring”
Sending a message that “We’re no patsies.”
July 6, 2023
When Jews Went to See the Gladiators
They were spectators, but there’s little evidence they were fighters.
During the height of the Roman empire, battles between armed men, or between armed men and wild animals, were a form of public entertainment—not only in the capital, but throughout the provinces. The Israeli scholar Haggai Olshanetsky has investigated how Jews related to these games, writes Menachem Wecker:
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Two Tents Along the Israel-Lebanon Border Are More Than Meets the Eye
Jerusalem shouldn’t tolerate an emboldened Hizballah.
The Supreme Court Takes Two Modest Steps to Protect Religious Freedom
Against compelled speech and in favor of Sabbath observance.
When Jews Went to See the Gladiators
They were spectators, but there’s little evidence they were fighters.
Italian Jewish Sermons, Prayers, and Writings about a 17th-Century Plague
Stock up on flour and oil!