From Jeff Wallen: Hi Mark,
I've been finding interesting the pieces you sent out on Shlomo Sand's book. I just returned a day ago from Siracusa, Sicily (I'm in Berlin, Germany for the semester), and learned while there of the large Jewish community that was there from the 1st C. AD until 1493, when they were kicked out. And they recently discovered a wonderful Mikveh (ritual bath) buried deeply beneath a building, apparently sealed off by the Jews when they left over 500 years ago. Here's another review of the Sand book which you might find of interest, written by Israel Bartal, a prominent Israeli historian (and whom I happen to know and respect; he chaired a panel at a conference I gave a paper at a year or so ago in Israel; he's a historian of Eastern European Jewry): http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/999386.html Being in Germany, all your emails are one of my main American glimpses of what's happening in the U.S. (I prefer to read the German newspapers, rather than looking online for American news). Hope you're well, Jeff --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to newsfromunderground-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
