Monthly Archives: May 2025

(peace in the Middle East) If Not For Its Own Sake (Trump)

Posted on May 14, 2025 by zjb

“A person should always engage in Torah and mitzvot, even if not for their own sake, as through it one comes to perform them for their own sake” (Pirkei Avot 4:1)

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Black Hebrew Prophets (Gothic)

Posted on May 8, 2025 by zjb

David, Moses, Noah, Abraham (ca.1408–10) are painted darkly with tempera on wood and gold ground. By Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni), each has their own identifying emblem. At the newly installed European galleries, the Metropolitan Museum of Art tells us … Continue reading →

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