King David’s Genes
Some prominent Jewish families believe they are descended from Israel’s greatest monarch. Can DNA testing prove what their family trees have long shown?
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Opinion | Messiahs at the Movies
By Sala Levin
Moment Presents Ten Messianic Flicks
Superman (1978)
In Richard Donner’s adaptation of the comic-book classic, Jor...
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Speaking Volumes | My Spring Break with Philip Roth
By Eric Wasserman
At the end of 1995, I briefly dropped out of college. It was an unpleasant time, to say the least. I kept asking m...
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Book Review | The Anti-Semite Who Wasn’t
By John Marszalek
Jonathan Sarna’s book When General Grant Expelled the Jews is going to make a significant splash amidst a wave of ...
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Book Review | Jerusalem: The Unholy Story
By Arieh O'Sullivan
Jerusalem is in an awful location. There’s no water. It’s far from any main trade route, surrounded by mountains...
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Book Review | They Don’t Make Jews Like Jesus Anymore
By Pamela Eisenbaum
Daniel Boyarin, professor of Talmudic Culture at the University of California Berkeley, may be the most influent...
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Ask the Rabbis | Are Jews Still Expecting a Messiah?
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Very few of us ever expected the Messiah. We spent most of our history hoping for one. And one day, indeed, the dove wil...
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Jewish Word | A Word Fit for a King
By Caitlin Yoshika Kandil
Today, “messiah” usually brings to mind a personal savior, the end of time, the Kingdom of Heaven—or Jesus...
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Nathan Guttman: Is the American Right too Right for Israel?
By Nathan Guttman
This election cycle has officially ended the decades-long debate over whether Israel should be an American campaig...
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Eetta Prince-Gibson: Can a “Messiah” Save Israel Now?
By Eetta Prince-Gibson
“The Messiah is not coming. The Messiah is not going to phone, either.”
In a still-popular song from the 1...