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The World of 17th- and 18th-Century Jewish Midwives
4+ hour, 32+ min ago (41+ words) Tehran is trying to drive a wedge between the U. S. and Israel. But still have strategic significance. Jerusalem can't afford to ignore it. And their role in communal life. "The exalted mission of proclaiming freedom to all the world....
Welter and Waste in the Hebrew Bible
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (349+ words) Tikvah Ideas Welter and Waste in the Hebrew Bible The Great Masters saw eternal stillness in Christian Scripture, and dynaism and change in Jewish Scripture. The work of history's greatest artists'from Michelangelo to Rembrandt'is filled with depictions of the Exodus,…...
Why Jews Stopped Reading the Bible, and Why Some Have Begun Again
2+ week, 1+ day ago (26+ words) Tikvah Ideas Relearning the language of nationhood. Get the best Jewish ideas and conversations....
A Rare Medieval Spanish Torah Scroll on Display in Tel Aviv
3+ week, 1+ day ago (81+ words) Bring the fight to Beirut. Are Jews who don't toe the line entitled to the protection of the law? "Show them the crucifixion of the Jews, as if it could be redemptive for the rest of us." Haskalah shouldn't be…...
The Mystical Origins of All-Night Torah Study on Shavuot
3+ week, 5+ day ago (116+ words) Tikvah In recent years, the custom of studying sacred texts from midnight to dawn on the first night of Shavuot, known as a tikkun leyl Shavuot, has grown in popularity. Michael Hilton traces its history: Pakistan Shouldn't Be Trusted to…...
Aliyah Still Matters, Especially from the United States
3+ week, 6+ day ago (300+ words) Tikvah Aliyah Still Matters, Especially from the United States Birthrates may be the engine of Israel's population growth, but aliyah still plays a moral and strategic role in shaping Israel's political future. In his sharply provocative essay, Rafi De Mogge…...
The World of Ancient Israelite Scribes
4+ week, 1+ day ago (97+ words) Who wrote (down) the Bible? A deniable, escalating modus operandi. Three years of war have changed the map. How Women's Studies made the exclusion of Jews central. China has cracked down on its Jewish population. Ever since modern biblical scholarship…...
On "Why We Remain Jews
4+ week, 2+ day ago (43+ words) Tikvah Ideas Sixty years ago, Leo Strauss spoke against forsaking the Jewish heritage. Now, when assimilation appears easier than ever and when anti-Semitism has found renewed force in American politics, his message is more relevant than ever....
Coming of Age Amid the Resurrection of Zion
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (68+ words) Tikvah Ideas The Gavriel Tirosh Affair and the costs of Jewish restraint. "How do we defend ourselves against Mohammad's sword?" "Your mistake," Gavriel answers sharply, "lies in the way you phrase that question. The point is not to defend ourselves,…...
The Revival of Jewish Jerusalem
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (189+ words) Tikvah Tonight begins Yom Yerushalayim, the anniversary of Israel's reunification of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War. In a survey of the past 800 years of the city's Jewish history, Nissan Ratzlav-Katz begins with the report written by Rabbi Moses Nahmanides (a…...