Judeo-Greek Literature
Until about a hundred years ago almost the entire Judeo-Greek literary heritage of Romaniot communities – translations of books of the Bible and songs= remained in manuscript. The only two […]
The Corfu Blood Libel of 1891
And the Disappearance of the Ethrog from Corfu For several centuries Corfu was one of the chief suppliers of Ethrogim to Jews all over the world. The use of Corfu […]
Midreshei Philo by the Late Dr. S. Belkin
The late Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of Yeshiva University, was one of the few Jewish scholars who devoted themselves to the study of the writings of Philo, the Alexandrian Jewish […]
The Jews of Athens
Sabbath morning. I didn’t know what head dress to wear – My regular hat, the “Kova Tembel” I had bought from Israel or a Yarmulke. I decided on the latter. […]