Dan Fishback
Shopping for Answers
The Material World, Dan Fishback’s new musical, uses the Jewish left to ask: Are consumers the new workers?
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How a British Museum Curator Discovered Noah’s Ark Would Have Been Round
Irving Finkel, an expert on ancient Mesopotamia, decodes a Babylonian tablet and traces its path to the Book of Genesis
After the Holocaust, the Dutch Tried To Collect Past Due Taxes From Survivors
How one shy, whistle-blowing intern in an Amsterdam archive uncovered a travesty that insulted a decimated community
Centuries Ago, Jews Were Farmers Like Everybody Else. Why Did They Leave the Fields?
Two economists argue that literacy, not laws forbidding land ownership, created a small, widely dispersed and highly skilled minority
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