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Jul 21, 2024, 7:45 AM

Zionism and its Jewish Detractors: After Oct 7

Soon after the Wye River accords negotiations regarding the division of Hebron, I was invited by a student to dinner at an archaeological conference with an official of the Palestinian Archaeological Authority. Having never met such a person, and...

Dec 30, 2023, 4:06 PM

Why am I Coming? The Jewish Studies Scholars Solidarity Trip to Israel

The Jewish Studies Scholars Solidarity Trip to Israel in Crisis, January 2-4, 2024 Helpless, bewildered and constantly on the edge of tears. Helpless to do anything meaningful after the horrors of October 7. Helpless to respond to the antiIsrael, antisemitic...

Feb 21, 2023, 9:53 AM

What has become of the Association for Jewish Studies?

From the Founding Editor of AJS Perspectives

Jun 24, 2020, 6:52 PM

Time for Aunt Jemima to Retire

The “Aunt Jemima” bottles are coming off the shelves, as is “Uncle Ben” and the black chef of the “Cream of Wheat” box. That is a good thing. Truth is, I haven’t bought any of these brands for some time. ...

Jun 4, 2020, 12:35 PM

Trump, Torah and George Floyd

Each week, we Jews rise to our feet in our beloved synagogues, as the scroll of the Torah is raised above our heads majestically. Each and every one of us, every person present, looks up toward the open scroll...

Jul 19, 2018, 10:59 PM

Titus, Germany and a Museum Exhibition at Tisha be-Av

During the three week build up to the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple commemorated on Tisha be-Av, I travelled to the heart of Hurban Europa. I was once again an honored guest in Germany, where our third destruction originated...

Aug 29, 2017, 10:15 AM

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The NYTimes’ big lie about the Temple Mount

The article legitimized yet another false claim about Judaism that is widely believed in the Islamic world

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Steven Fine is a cultural historian, specializing in Jewish history in the Greco-Roman period. He focuses upon the literature, art and archaeology of ancient Judaism, and the ways that modern scholars have interpreted Jewish antiquity. His most recent book is: -The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel (Harvard UP, 2016).- Fine is the Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, director of the YU Center for Israel Studies, the Arch of Titus Project, and the YU Samaritan Israelites Project.

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