Monday, June 27, 2005

Reliving History

When I was a kid, reading history books, I always got this feeling of "why can't I be that character? why can't I relive his adventures?".

Well, now we can relive a possible trial like the Ramban or book burnings in medieval France. Read all about it -

Russia probing whether Jewish law constitutes incitement
By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondent

Russia's state prosecutor has ordered an examination into the Shulhan Arukh - a code of Jewish halakhic law compiled in the 16th century - to ascertain whether it constitutes racist incitement and anti-Russian material.

The prosecutor ordered the probe against a Jewish umbrella organization in Russia for distributing a Russian translation of an abbreviation of the Shulhan Arukh.

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