From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: The letters of the law
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – For many of my contemporaries, the quintessential visual representation of the life of Moses is Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 cinematic…
History
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: On Native Soil
By Eliezer Segal (AJNEws) – According to the stereotypical version of Jewish history as taught in many Hebrew schools and sermons, the Jewish population in…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Hurray for the Hyksos
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – In every generation, some people are determined to deny the reality of Jewish nationhood. In the first century C.E., an…
Newly declassified documents reveal why Canada let convicted Nazi war criminals keep their citizenship
by Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA) — In 1967, Canada’s justice minister was asked to strip citizenship from a former Nazi who had been sentenced to death…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Under the apple tree
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – The apple is not mentioned in the Torah, nor does it figure among the fruits in which the holy land…