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Biblical and Rabbinic Attitudes Toward Non-Jews

Early Jewish texts affirmed the universal fraternity of humankind, while asserting the importance of Jewish distinctiveness.

Anti-Semitism

A modern phenomenon.

Who Are the Semites?

A historian traces the origins of the term.

A Crash Course in Early Jewish History

From biblical times to the emergence of Rabbinic Judaism.

Mercantilism and the Jews

When tolerance became profitable

Court Jews

Court Jews were purveyors who provided food, fodder, and munitions to the European courts in return for special privileges.

Ancient Jewish Thought

Ancient Jewish Thought. Ancient Jewish History. Jewish History and Community.

539 BCE to 632 CE: The Story

Overview of the basic story of Jewish history from 539 BCE through 632 CE.

Medicine, Healing and the Jewish Tradition

Despite early theological objections, Jewish law views the practice of medicine as a mitzvah.

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