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The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of TBS. 'East Jerusalem is Israeli, open the city’ Amid some ambivalence, the government moved speedily toward annexation immediately after 1967 Six Day War By ABRAHAM RABINOVICH  - JUNE 4, 2020 20:45   In the run-up to the Six Day War, amid disputes among Israeli decision-makers over the way forward, there was one point of consensus – Israel would not seek to annex territory at the war’s end. In 1956, prime minister David Ben-Gurion had attempted to do so following Operation Kadesh and was threatened by Washington with economic sanctions and by Moscow with missiles. As defense minister Moshe Dayan would put it to his colleagues this time, 11 years later, “We have no territorial objective whatsoever.”   History, however, would prove to have a…

The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of TBS.  DNA analysis of Dead Sea Scrolls unveils their once secret origin “We came up with the idea of using the genetic information of the skin they were written on to investigate the possible connection between different fragments." By ROSSELLA TERCATIN - Jeruslem Post - JUNE 2, 2020   At least some of the Dead Sea Scrolls were most likely not manufactured locally but made their way at some later point to the unique community that amassed the library in the Qumran Caves, a project extracting and analyzing the DNA from the parchments has revealed.   For decades, scholars have been debating the origin of the extraordinary collection of hundreds of manuscripts collated in the heart of the Judean Desert. The seven-year-long endeavor carried…

The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of TBS.  As post-Soviet immigration turns 30, what conclusions can be drawn? The largest immigration in Zionist history was pulled in by the Israeli establishment’s one part, and actively rejected by its other part, the Chief Rabbinate. By AMOTZ ASA-EL MAY 27, 2020 RUTH IN Boaz’s field. Conversion dilemmas are now a national affair, not a personal one. (photo credit: JULIUS SCHNORR VON CAROLSFELD/WIKIPEDIA)   ‘The times spat at me, so I spat back at the times,” said Russian poet Andrei Voznesensky, who wrestled with Soviet censors by reciting in packed stadiums his lines of inspiration, defiance, and hope.   Something of that two-way spitting happened with his former countrymen’s journey to the Jewish state.     The Russian-speaking immigration was spat on by the…

The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of TBS. Cache of Crypto-Jewish recipes dating to Inquisition found in Miami kitchen New cookbook features unique kosher dishes unwittingly prepared by generations of a Catholic Cuban-Spanish family with hidden Sephardic Jewish roots By Renee Ghert-Zand 27 September 2019 Chuletas, a unique Crypto-Jewish presentation for a French toast creation. This is a sweet dairy recipe that turns bread and milk into a "pork chop." (Courtesy of Genie Milgrom) A few years ago, Genie Milgrom came across a treasure trove of old recipes stashed away in her elderly mother’s kitchen drawers. There were hundreds of them — some in tattered notebooks, others scribbled on crumbling scraps of paper. Upon closer examination, it became apparent to Milgrom that these were the handwritten notations of generations of women…