From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: It sounds better in Tarsian
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Among the leaders who accompanied the Jewish governor Zerubbabel in the return to Zion after the Babylonian captivity, as told…
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From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Visually Challenged
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – A novel that I read recently made several references to a maxim “in the land of the blind, the one-eyed…
Letter to the Editor: Appreciating ‘From the Sources’ column by Eliezer Segal
Dear Editor: Just a word of appreciation of and support for Eliezer Segal’s always erudite, always informative FROM THE SOURCES dept. Some readers may find…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Beyond an (eye) shadow of a doubt
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – In the Bible and in subsequent Jewish and Christian traditions, the name Jezebel provokes very unfavourable associations. A native of…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: The fascination with vaccination
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Rabbi Pinhas Elijah Hurwitz was an itinerant Lithuanian scholar whose travels took him to Galicia, Poland, Prussia, Holland, Hungary and…