The Status of Women in the Sephardic Jewish Tradition
By: Renee Levine Melammed Written histories of the Jews in Spain have rarely included women. The two major historical works in the field, The Jews of Moslem Spain (2 vols.) by Eliyahu […]
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The Geonim of Babylonia and the Shaping of Medieval Jewish Culture
By Robert Brody Introduction One of the most misunderstood issues in the traditional Jewish religious world is the transmission of the legal traditions of Israel. Today all centers of […]
Essential Books on Israel and Zionism
Over the course of time, one of the great advantages of Israeli propaganda, called in Hebrew Hasbarah, is that it has been able to control the historical and ideological narrative […]
What Do a Shawarma and a Taco Have in Common?
By David Ramírez The Israeli-Palestinian conflict elicits ardent and diverse passions on both sides of the political divide. The recent declarations by President Obama on Israel and the 1967 borders […]
Israel and the Loss of Objective Jewish Self-Criticism
A Critical Overview on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict By David Ramirez Nationalist and Patriotist fervor, I feel, is much like—sometimes—a parent’s love happens to be for their children: Blind! No matter […]
The Myth of a Judeo-Christian Tradition
New Dawn Magazine. No.23 Feb-March 1994, pp. 23-27. Preface In the U.S. and some conservative sectors of Europe, there is a lot of appeal for the so-called “Judeo-Christian” tradition, a […]
David Ramírez 