The way our societies confront the plight of the millions of refugees from various areas of the world escaping famine, ethnic, religious and political persecution, hopelessness and war, will be the litmus test of the kind of world we will inhabit and pass down to our children.
The Golden Haggadah and its Two Collectors: Joav Gallico and Giuseppe Almanzi
The Golden Haggadah is one of the finest of the surviving Haggadah manuscripts from medieval Spain. The Haggadah, which literally…
He Was and Old Man in a Cold Season
But here he was, in this room, in this chair, trying once more to explain – to explain the war,…
Roman Policies Towards the Jews
Scholars have often wondered whether the documents presented by Josephus are at all genuine. Josephus is the only ancient author…
Paper Lives
“My humble request to Your Excellency”. Brief accounts of life and death in Italy. Based on archival documentation on “foreign…
