On the Road with Benjamin of Tudela
Jewish traveler Benjamin of Tudela roamed widely across the medieval world, from Narbonne to Cairo, meeting Rabbanites and Karaites along the way.
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Jan
29
May
Spinoza, the Modern-Day Radical
You probably already know that 17th-century Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza was radical for his time—from his notorious excommunicati...
23
May
Herod the Great?
Norman Gelb is the author of many works of history, including The Berlin Wall, Less Than Glory, Desperate Venture, and Kings of the Jew...
03
May
Glenn Frankel on “The Searchers”
Glenn Frankel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who spent many years as a Washington Post reporter and editor, now serves as directo...
24
Apr
The Bond Between Greenberg and Robinson
With the timely release of the new DVD of my film The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg upon the heels of the Jackie Robinson biopic 42,...
25
Mar
Maxwell House Hagaddah: Good to the Last Page
In 1923, when Maxwell House Coffee signed on with the Joseph Jacobs Advertising agency in New York, it was already a legend. Theodore R...
05
Mar
Debate of the Moment: Holocaust Insurance Claims
Stuart Eizenstat and Samuel Dubbin have very different points of view about how to handle Holocaust insurance claims.
Travel in Jewish...
20
Feb
The Most Notorious Anti-Jewish Official in American History
Kaskel’s Chutzpah
By Gary Stein
“Your people must leave all the villages,” the government official barked. “...
11
Jan
01
Nov
Book Review // The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland
Pillars of Sand
The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland
Shlomo Sand
Verso Books
2012, $26.95, pp. 304
Sh...