AC Britell, at The Blogs

Aug 14, 2024, 7:32 AM

We’re not really quite sure if the Second Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed on Tisha B’Av, the ninth of Av, the date that has become a traditional day of deep mourning in Judaism. The destruction of the First Temple by...

Jun 7, 2024, 1:58 AM

The Unexplainable Hatred

The Western Wall in Jerusalem. Photo by AC Britell.

“Go back to Poland.” It’s one of the most common refrains of a certain crowd since last fall, a reminder of the deep, often unspoken hatred lingering in the bellies of far too many around the world. A few thousand years...

About Me

AC Britell graduated cum laude from Harvard College in 2007 with a degree in Near Eastern Civilizations. HIs thesis covered the name of the word G-d in the Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic versions of the Bible. He was a Harvard College Fellow for Study in Israel in 2008, studying Biblical Archaeology at the Rothberg School at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and then working for the Jerusalem Post as a contributor and night editor. He then graduated cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law. He has been a journalist for two decades.