The Temple Mount: A Virtual Tour
Courtesy of the Israeli Minister of Construction and Housing and a group called The Heart of the Nation comes this virtual tour of the Temple Mount, complete with 360-degree views of various locations....
View ArticleJew-Hating Has-Been Wants You To Pay Attention To Him
I used to love Pink Floyd and Roger Waters. I collected everything, spent countless hours listening to them, and paid good money to see Waters solo in concert twice (Hitchhiking and Radio KAOS tours)....
View ArticleApostrophe to Zion: New Meaning for a Dead Sea Scroll?
I’m still enjoying Slacktacular August with a reduced blogging schedule, but I thought this was a fascinating little slice of the philology world that shows how scholars grapple with ancient languages...
View ArticleHopeful Signs? UPDATE #2: Not a Hoax
The optimist in me says “yes.” The cynic says, “public relations ploy.” I try paying more attention to the optimist. In any case, it’s welcome. From the President of Iran: It’s worthwhile remembering...
View ArticleMysterious Structure Under the Sea of Galilee
I filed this one away in Evernote this summer and forgot to blog it, but it’s too cool to let pass: A huge, cone-shaped monument has been discovered by a team of Israeli archaeologists conducting a...
View ArticleFrancis/Netanyahu Meeting Cancelled (Actually, It Was Never Even Planned)
Last week, a report began circulating in the Israeli press that President Benjamin Netanyahu would be meeting with Pope Francis when Netanyahu traveled to Rome this week. The report set off a firestorm...
View ArticleJohn XXIII and the Jews
One of the better parts about being a writer is that you get learn things for a living. For example, when Carl Olson asked me to cover a lecture on Pope John XXIII and the Jews for Catholic World...
View ArticleTwo Boys Play Chess: Madness Follows
Matan Poleg (above left) and Omar Eltigani (right) were paired at the World Youth Chess Championships in South Africa last week. They played a game. Poleg won on the 45th move. Outrage ensued....
View ArticleDebunking the Latest “Married Jesus” Hoax
When these stories start to burble up in my RSS feeds, I always swear I’m going to ignore them and wait for them to go away. Just paying attention to them makes people dumber. This one was an easy...
View ArticleNight Will Fall: Watch The Actual “Hitchcock Holocaust Film” Online
By all accounts, the documentary Night Will Fall is an excellent piece of work. It chronicles the production–and suppression–of a vivid and gruesome documentary about the Nazi death camps shot in April...
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