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Jewish history

Remembering a Great Jewish Historian and Fearless Polemicist

Lucy Dawidowicz.

Robert King
Dec. 6 2019 12:01AM

France’s Oldest Synagogue, and the History beneath It

When Jews in France were being persecuted, the pope protected those in Carpentras.

Henry Abramson
Nov. 13 2019 12:01AM

The Many Lives of an Ancient Jewish Historian’s Greatest Work

Christians, Zionists, and Josephus’ Jewish War.

David Polansky
Nov. 4 2019 12:01AM

The Holocaust Survivor Who Made the Nazis’ Language of Murder Decipherable

Nachman Blumental.

Gal Beckerman
July 9 2019 12:01AM

For the Jews of Russia, World War I Brought Persecutions, Slaughter, and Poverty

The first great Jewish catastrophe of the 20th century.

Andrew Koss
July 8 2019 12:01AM

The Two Halves of an Algerian Torah Scroll, United after 180 Years

One in France, the other in Kansas.

Jon Niccum
July 8 2019 12:01AM

An Ambitious New Book about Jewish History, and Its Flawed Prediction about the Jewish Future

Jacob, Esau, and an imagined post-Orthodox, post-Israel future.

Allan Arkush
July 2 2019 12:01AM

Historic Communal Registers Provide a Window onto Centuries of Jewish Civil Society

The pinkes.

Adam Teller
June 21 2019 12:01AM

A Recent History of Judaism Offers an Important Corrective to Academic Deconstructionists

A scholar bold enough to look at the big picture.

Rivkah Fishman-Duker
June 13 2019 12:01AM

What Africa Can Learn from Israel

Zionists weren’t held back by a victim mentality.

Ibitoye Olukosi
June 5 2019 12:01AM

Should Jews Be Embarrassed about the Institution of the “Shabbos Goy”?

A classic historical study explains why not.

Allan Arkush
June 3 2019 12:01AM

The Jewish Soccer Stars of the 1920s

Hakoaḥ Vienna.

Ronen Dorfan
May 24 2019 12:01AM

The Absence of an Ancient Word for “Judaism” Doesn’t Mean There Was No Ancient Judaism

The flaw in Daniel Boyarin’s new book.

Adele Reinhartz
May 14 2019 12:01AM

Anti-Semites Don’t Just Hate Jews. They’re Targeting Freedom

The existence of Jews is a reminder that freedom is possible only with responsibility.

Dara Horn
May 6 2019 12:01AM
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