The influences of pagan music increased in the Talmudic period, even as the halakhic prohibitions waned. This paradox requires an explanation. This article suggests that the way the sages treated pagan music was an aspect of their complex attitude toward the Greco-Roman culture, one that ...
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American-Jewishstand-up comedian and actorElon Gold, who has been one of Israel’s fiercest defenders over the years, is in Israel now to make a movie, but it’s not his first visit here since the war started. Following the October 7 massacre, he has been here many times, helping Jews...
Blood and Culture The State of Israel was founded on May 14, 1948, creating a national homeland for all Jewish people throughout the world. The establishment of a uniquely Jewish state in the Arab controlled Middle East has created serious tension between the Jews and their Arab neighbors, and...
the Spanish Expulsion, the deportations to Auschwitz, the destruction of the first and second Temples in ancient times, the Biblical incident of the Meraglim which banished the Jews to the desert for forty years in lieu of promptly entering the land of Israel, among numerous other Jewish traged...
Fromthe times of israel Gallant: 'Israel's greatest missed opportunity' was not attacking Hezbollah in Oct. 2023 By ToI Staff Three more hostages due to be freed on Saturday amid uncertainty over deal's future By ToI Staff Freed hostages tell of deprivation in Gaza, urge return of all...
Each boat has a story worth exploring. We must leave something for the visitors of the museum, a chance to find the answer to what would be if...What is the story behind “Order of Preferences,” on view now in Jerusalem at the Israel Museum? I...
Leslie Wiener is Leading Beth Israel Forward Braden Hamelin Leslie Wiener has a history of Jewish communal service going back over 25 years. It’s a career field she didn’t realize existed until, after... Sara Fuld Is Spreading Musical Joy to Baltimore ...
That was a prelude to conquering the Land of Canaan and eventually establishing the Kingdom of Israel. It was a long journey from the times of the Biblical forefathers: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and then onto the exile in Egypt of their descendants the Children of Israel and then the Exodus...