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A “Pillbox” Tour of Jerusalem With the British Mandate Police

With the departure of the Ottomans and the arrival of the British Empire, the new authorities—true to form—believed proper policing required proper training. And so, one of the earliest institutions they established was the Police Training School in Jerusalem. Map detail: “Jerusalem in Panorama”

Maimonides’ Halakhic Revolution (and Why It Almost Worked)

The image on the right: not Maimonides. The image on the left: not his most important book. A copy of The Guide for the Perplexed by Maimonides, and his famous portrait That iconic portrait? It was found in an 18th-century book—several hundred years after Maimonides passed away—and is almost c

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