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The joyous Jewish holiday celebrates Jews' escape from annihilation as told in the Book of Esther. A lesser-known end to the story takes on new meaning during this time of war in the Middle East.
(RNS) — Purchased by the American Friends of the ANU, Museum of the Jewish People, Codex Sassoon is one of the most expensive historical documents ever sold at auction.
When people talk about that creepy, gross post about sex at The Gospel Coalition, you have to ask which one?
Molly Meisels, then a senior at Yeshiva University, was greeted in class last fall with an unusual message from a professor: “I don’t care if you’re a ‘he,’ a ‘she,’ or an ‘it.’” Meisels, 22, one of only a few openly LGBTQ undergraduates at the more than 2,000-strong university, recalled feeling taken aback but not surprised. In keeping with an increasingly common practice of the remote learning era, Meisels, who identifies as bisexual and non-binary, had placed preferred pronouns (they/she) in a parenthetical alongside their name on Zoom — the only student of the couple...
Advertisement The YC History Department will feature General History and Jewish History. The chair of the former Jewish Studies Department, Dr. Joshua Karlip, told The Commentator that the decision âwas made by the faculty with the approval of the administration.â Karlip will continue as chair of the Jewish History division of the History Department, alongside Dr. Douglas Burgess who will continue at the helm of General History. Dr. Ari Mermelstein is likely to chair the Department of Bible, Hebrew, and Near Eastern Studies. University Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs...