¿Maimónides hablaba español?Back in 2005, Avihai Shivtiel, a researcher in the Cairo Genizah archives at Cambridge University, published an account of a page found in the Genizah with a list of words written in Judeo-Arabic and Judeo-Romance — the latter being the language once… Nov 02 22November 02, 2022Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
Encountering SamaritansThere are three things that need mentioning at our Passover celebrations, according to Rabban Gamliel. First on the list is the Passover offering — for us, a symbolic bone on the seder plate, but for our ancestors thousands of years ago, the joyous… Mar 16 22March 16, 2022Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
Mysterious case of the Ritzeh prayerStudent from Teaneck investigates origins of the siddur Where did the prayers in the prayer book come from? Answering that question is the work of a detective — or a graduate student — or both. One such detective is Yitz Landes, a Teaneck-born… Dec 13 18December 13, 2018Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
Beyond the bookLev Israel knows he is a key player at a pivotal moment of Jewish history. As chief data officer for Sefaria.org, he is leading a technical process that already has placed more than 150 million words of Jewish texts online for free use by anyone. He… Apr 26 18April 26, 2018Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
Connecting the dotsIf your idea of a good time is hearing someone explain at length the connections between the treasures of King Tut’s tomb and the biblical ark of the covenant, you should have been in Boston last week for the annual convention of the Association of… Dec 24 15December 24, 2015Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
Yivo Unpacks Treasure-trove of Documents Lost Since World War IiOn the third day of unpacking the “attic” of Eastern European Jewry, archivists at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research were still finding surprises. They found a letter from Albert Einstein, a poster for what might have been the Vilna premiere of… Feb 28 95February 28, 1995Article at Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Scholars Gather to Stoke Excitement over Jewish StudiesThe crowd gathered outside the closed ballroom with a hunger usually reserved for food. But at the Association of Jewish Studies conference, it was tables laden with books that whetted appetites. When the doors opened, whoever first reached the books… Jan 18 95January 18, 1995Article at Jewish Telegraphic Agency
