Wine and Fish Sauce – Roman Culinary Preferences Revealed in Ancient Ashkelon

Photo Credit: Anat Rasiuk, Israel Antiquities Authority. IAA archaeologists examining a marble tray from the altar area of the Byzantine church. Vats used to produce fish sauce (garum) which were rare in the eastern Mediterranean, were recently uncovered in Ashkelon by the Israel Antiquities Authority. The excavation has revealed evidence of 2000-year old Roman and […]

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Distortions in the Fight Against Antisemitism

Photo Credit: Asher Schwartz {Originally posted to the author’s website} Every Jew is aware that antisemitism is again on the rise around the world. Today’s wave of antisemitic expression and violence is particularly alarming because of a series of disturbing trends, as follows: Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: […]

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British Working Class Saves Britain … and its Jews

Photo Credit: Haim Zach/GPO Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside 10 Downing Street, September 5, 2019. {Originally posted to the JNS website} The relief was overwhelming. When the exit polls on Thursday evening correctly predicted a large majority for Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party, British Jews allowed themselves to breathe again. Overcome […]

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