October 5, 2016

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/10/surge-of-interest-in-karaites-minority.htmlKaraites are an ancient Jewish sect who reject the Babylonian Talmud, the foundation of rabbinic Judaism. The Tablet has this long but interesting feature exploring what it is like for Karaites in the US to […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/jerusalem-exhibition-at-met-overstates.html The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a new exhibit about Jerusalem called  Jerusalem 1000 – 1400: Every People under Heaven: Beginning around the year 1000, Jerusalem attained unprecedented significance as a location, destination, and symbol […]