Birds’ Heads and Graven Images by Cecil Roth The study of what may most conveniently be termed Jewish art (though in some cases it is not Jewish, and…
Contemporary Synagogue Art, by Avram Kampf by Cecil Roth The most important thing is that people are now beginning to think in terms of synagogue art.
An Only Kid by Cecil Roth The traditional Jewish Seder service on Passover eve begins on a note of expectancy and exhilaration.
Caveat Emptor Judaeus by Cecil Roth The antique market is booming: and as one who purchased his collection long since, and in any case is in…
New Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls by Cecil Roth Until a very short while ago, the origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls seemed destined to remain one of the…
Simon bar Giora, Ancient Jewish Hero:A Historical Reinterpretation by Cecil Roth VISITORS to Rome are inevitably taken to see the Mamertine Prison, not far from the Forum, where it is said…
The Jewish Revolt Against Rome:The War of 66-70 C.E. by Cecil Roth THE events in Palestine during the great revolt against the Romans in 66-73, culminating, although not ending, in the capture…
A Solution to the Mystery of the ScrollsAdding a Chapter to 1st-Century Jewish History by Cecil Roth Scholars have generally agreed that the Dead Sea Scrolls are pre-Christian; herewith, historical grounds for dating the Scrolls in the…
The Art and Craft of Jewish CollectingDealings in the Higher “Junk” by Cecil Roth Cecil Roth on collecting miscellaneous Jewish "junk."
1656: English Jewry’s Annus Mirabilis by Cecil Roth The actual facts of the return of the Jews to England in 1656 after long absence, like most dramatic events…
Were the Sephardim Hidalgos?History Disputes Their Claim to Aristocracy by Cecil Roth “You must be a Sephardi,” a silly woman once said to my wife. “It's so much more chic.”
The Two Cradles of Jewish Liberty:The New World and the Mother Country by Cecil Roth All of us in England, as elsewhere, welcome the news of plans to celebrate the tercentenary of the settlement of…
