Tag: Jewish

Cave of Horror: fresh fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls echo dramatic human stories

Cave of Horror: fresh fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls echo dramatic human stories

by | Apr 24, 2023 | | 0

Reading time: 6 minutes
In March 2021 news broke of the discovery of fresh fragments of a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll in Israel. The fragments were said to come from the evocatively named Cave of Horror, near the western shore of the Dead Sea.

The finds were announced with attention-grabbing headlines that these were new fragments of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls and some of our earliest evidence for the biblical books of Zechariah and Nahum.

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Vital Hasson, the Jew who worked for the Nazis, hunted down refugees and tore apart families in WWII Greece

Vital Hasson, the Jew who worked for the Nazis, hunted down refugees and tore apart families in WWII Greece

by | Sep 5, 2022 | | 0

Reading time: 7 minutes
I learned a lesson when conducting research for my book, “Family Papers: a Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century.” I had discovered the story of a young Jewish man forgotten to history until now, a story that taught me that neither cultural affiliation nor family history is a reliable predictor of future behaviour. In short, identity is not destiny, and all of us can fall prey to the tides of history.

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In Appreciation of Schindler’s List

In Appreciation of Schindler’s List

by | Dec 15, 2021 | , , | 0

Reading time: 7 minutes
Films are often created with the aim of providing escapism and fun for audiences; sometimes they are sad too, and many times they are also thought-provoking, tragic and uplifting. And then there are films that exist as the total opposite of escapism and fun, and that go way beyond just being “sad” or “tragic”.

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