Click Here to Read: A Jewish Doctor Examines the Black Death: Abraham Caslari, 14th-century medical witness from Catalonia by Susan L. Einbinder on the Tablet Website on May 5, 2020.
The citizens of Toumai bury their dead during the black death. Miniature from manuscript, Belgium, 14th century”. Diaspora Museum, Tel Aviv – en:Beit Hatefutsot. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Click Here to Read: Do civilisations collapse? The idea that the Maya or Easter Islanders experienced an apocalyptic end makes for good television but bad archaeology by Guy D Middleton on the Aeon website.
Ahu Tongariki, the largest platform and collection of Moai ever erected on Rapa Nui (Eastern Island). Image: Bradenfox. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Click Here to Read: Polio’s Jewish History: How a community was affected by the epidemic—and by the scientists who discovered the vaccine by Jenna Weissman Joselit on the Tablet website on April 29, 2020.
Vaccination Record – description – Hebrew, Arabic and English Image: Bolter21. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
