From Temple to Talmud – Post-Temple Judaism

Rabbinic Judaism is often described as having developed in reaction to the loss of the Temple and its sacrificial ritual. Certainly, the sages of the period were responding to some kind of crisis. But was it the physical destruction of Jerusalem or something more subtle?

Evangelical Prophet of Zion – William Hechler

Who would have guessed that the man who crops up most frequently in Theodor Herzl’s diaries was an Evangelical pastor? William Hechler’s religious fervor led him to Zionism, which in turn inspired him to place his many illustrious connections at Herzl’s disposal, putting the young movement on the map

Past Present – Ultra-Orthodox Holocaust Commemoration

Although ultra-Orthodox Israelis don’t stand as the siren blares on Holocaust Memorial Day, the memory of European Jewry’s destruction continues to shape their community