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The Butterfly Effect
How A Single Event Transformed Global History
May 2023
Triumph or Insecurity?
The Puzzling Depiction of Ecclesia and Synagoga
6
An Unforgiving Land
The Perils of Settlement in 19th century Cyprus.
1
What do Milton, the Talmud and the Coronation have in common?
Debating the Hebrew republic in the 17th Century
1
The Rift that Healed
How Reform and Liberal Judaism in Britain diverged and merged.
1
April 2023
The Baron’s Legacy
The little-known story of Baron Hirsch
Fiddling on the Roof
Why did the playwright change the ending?
Bodo’s Apostasy
Why did a 9th century deacon convert to Judaism?
1
How To Argue over a Psalm
Melchizedek’s walk-on part in the bible, and the dispute he caused.
4
March 2023
England’s Overlooked Calumny
The Blood Libel should not be erased from the national memory
6
The Twice Flattered Emperor
Two stories predicting Vespasian’s Coronation
1
Anarchic Faith
The Contemporary Relevance of Early 20th Century Orthodox Jewish Anarchy
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