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He wrote the book on American Jewish history. Stepping back from teaching, Jonathan Sarna says he has plenty of chapters still to go.
The Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University, Sarna has been a force in his ...
Oldest known 15th-Century Orit Books of Ethiopian Jewry uncovered by TAU researchers
These sacred texts, written in Ge'ez, a language known only to the Kessim (Ethiopian Jewish priests), hold significant cultural and historical importance.
15th century holy books of Ethiopian Jewry discovered—the oldest found to date
A traveling workshop of TAU's Orit Guardians program discovered two 15th-century Orit books—the oldest found to date in the ...