Jewish history
Jews never invented the study or writing of “history,” but they did invent the idea of a beginning and an end for mankind as a whole.
Two of the 80 Jews aboard the doomed vessel.
As told by their surnames.
A brief history of Jewish history-writing reveals an abundance of partial and competing narratives, all too often missing a key ingredient.
Telltale names and positions at court.
A biography of the field’s founder raises questions.
Zalman Shazar and Shabbetai Tsvi.
The Bodleian Bowl.
Going out vs. looking in.
Moses Cohen and George Benjamin.
The resurrection of Jerusalem, after centuries of wandering and the near-death experience of the Holocaust, eludes simple rational explanation.
What You Did Not Tell Me.
A community that believes inclusion is the highest value ultimately stands for nothing.
Leaving the fold.
