This week in Jewish history: Herzl writes Der Judenstaat, Byzantines betray the Jews
The book Der Judenstaat was published in Vienna by Theodor Herzl, in which he envisaged a Jewish state combining humanitarian ...
The Times of Israel2d
Very Many Jewish Groups for One God
The Jewish population of Judea and Galilee was divided into three religious groups, two major and one minor. The largest group by numbers were the Pharisees but they were not a majority.
Psephizo3d
Making sense of the Beatitudes in Luke 6
The Sunday lectionary reading for the Third Sunday before Lent in Year C is Luke 6.17–26, this gospel's version of the ...