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Jewish Review of Books Prince of the Lost Tribes 18 Apr 2023
In the 1520s, a black man named David Reubeni appeared in North Africa claiming to be the son of King Solomon and the brother of King Joseph, who ruled a Jew...
18 Apr 2023
Jewish Review of Books Maimonides, Stonehenge, and Newton’s Obsessions 16 Jun 2018
During the age of the scientific revolution, figures like Sir Isaac Newton held beliefs that God's revelations were found in both Scripture and Nature, worki...
16 Jun 2018
Jewish Review of Books A Very Jewish Encounter 27 Mar 2017
Rebecca Goldstein's book "Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity" sparked intense engagement from a previous reader, evidenced by extensiv...
27 Mar 2017
Jewish Review of Books Loaves in the Ark 27 Feb 2013
In 16th-century Safed, Rabbi Moses Hagiz recounts a tale of a Portuguese converso who, influenced by his Christian background, bakes loaves of bread as an of...
27 Feb 2013