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Zack Rothbart

Zack Rothbart

An illustrated image of a flying saucer hovering over the city of Jericho in the Judean Desert. (iStock/ ronib1979)
December 31, 2025, 1:11 pm
In 1988, a futurist envisioned Israel in 2025. Some of his predictions were spot-on
In his book ‘Israel in the Year 2025,’ Dr. Alan Price imagines the Jewish state in an era of space travel, but his visions of smart homes, solar fields and cellphones ring true
By Zack Rothbart
Henry H. Sapoznik, author of 'The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City.' (Audrey Martinovitch)
December 14, 2025, 3:50 am
From Black cantors to kosher health nuts, new book reveals lost histories of Yiddish NYC
Great for Hanukkah, ‘The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City’ by Henry H. Sapoznik is not your usual guidebook. In fact, many of the sites listed in it haven’t existed for decades
By Zack Rothbart
Muhammad leads Abraham, Moses, Jesus and others in prayer. Persian miniature, 15th century. (Public domain)
March 10, 2025, 3:10 am
This Muslim scholar wants to revive the ‘Judeo-Islamic tradition,’ starting with Moses
In his new book ‘The Islamic Moses,’ US-based author Mustafa Akyol turns to the Quran’s focus on a shared prophet to highlight a historic closeness and foster interfaith relations
By Zack Rothbart
Mahatma Gandhi in a photo from a period album collected by AP reporter James A. Mills, circa 1931. (AP Photo/James A. Mills)
November 16, 2024, 9:02 am
Just after Kristallnacht, Gandhi said Jews should die with joy. What would he say now?
Numerous comments on the Holocaust by the renowned Indian leader who favored nonviolence have been misunderstood, say experts — but what about his aversion to Zionism?
By Zack Rothbart
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Arrival of the Exodus to the Yishuv (as the land of Israel was referred in Hebrew to before the establishment of the state). (National Library of Israel Photograph Collection/Keren HaYesod)
March 12, 2019, 3:24 pm
Immigration on agenda as top figures gather in Jerusalem
Third gathering of the Global Forum of the National Library of Israel to focus on immigration, borders and identity — in Jewish, Israeli and universal contexts
By Zack Rothbart
Presidential candidates Reuven Rivlin (right) and Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 28, 2014, 6:51 pm
You won’t believe what Israel’s next president did
Leading candidates to replace Shimon Peres may be veteran politicians, but they’ve also been caught in some impolitic poses
By Zack Rothbart
Zack Rothbart
April 3, 2014, 2:51 pm
Zack Rothbart
Ronni Gamzu, we hardly knew ye
Don’t know who that is? Too bad, your health depends on it
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