* * A fascinating history of ancient and modern Hebrew: “After the destruction of the Temple in the first century, Jews were scattered among non-Hebrew-speaking populations. As the Aristide incident ...

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Retiring from the classroom after 50 years in academia, every journalist’s favorite Jewish historian is enjoying a victory lap. Journalists I know joke that the only Jewish historian they ever need to ...

One of his best-known books was a history of Jewish attitudes about sexuality. David Biale, a professor of Jewish history who wrote award-winning books about heretics, free-thinkers, radicals and the ...