The Lesson of Jerusalem Day? Don’t Give in to Terrorists’ Threats
Rather than be deterred by Hamas and Hizballah, Israel deterred them.
May 22, 2023
When Karaites and Rabbanites Vied for Authority in the Jewish World
A closer look at Judaism at the beginning of the Middle Ages.
From roughly the 9th through 12th centuries, Jews—or at least, those living under Islamic rule, who formed a majority of world Jewry—were sharply divided between Karaites, who rejected the authority of the Talmud, and Rabbanites, who accepted it. Miriam Goldstein, in conversation with J.J. Kimche, puts the flourishing of the now-obscure Karaite sect in its historical context, explains its lasting impact on mainstream rabbinic Judaism, and tells the story of Arabic’s rise and fall as a Jewish language. (Audio, 66 minutes.)
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On College Campuses, “Inclusion” Has Come to Mean Excluding Jews
Diversity, equity, and anti-Semitism.
Rashida Tlaib’s Obscene Effort to Use the Elie Wiesel Genocide Act against Israel
We Jews know what it means to be devoured.
When Karaites and Rabbanites Vied for Authority in the Jewish World
A closer look at Judaism at the beginning of the Middle Ages.
The Great Jewish “Fence” of the 19th-Century New York Underworld
Fredericka “Marm” Mandelbaum.