Israel Benporat

Israel Benporat serves as a lecturer at Yeshiva University’s Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought and is a fellow with the Jack Miller Center. He holds a PhD in history from CUNY Graduate Center.

Civilization9 months ago

How Hebrew Almost Became America’s Official Language

Hebrew as America's official language? That myth actually persists, with two Presidents of Yale College weighing in on opposite sides.
Clergy1 year ago

The Mystery of Governor Bradford’s Hebraic Gravestone

William Bradford, second Governor of Plymouth Colony, now has a marble obelisk marking his grave, with an interesting Hebrew phrase.

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Israel Benporat

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How Hebrew Almost Became America’s Official Language

The Mystery of Governor Bradford’s Hebraic Gravestone

Waste of the Day: Throwback Thursday – Astronomy Meets Postmodern Dance

Trump and McMahon Are Fixing Education, and DC Is Panicking

New Trump Doctrine: Nations Harboring Drug Cartels ‘Subject to Attack’

Waste of the Day: “Trauma-Informed Housing” Will Get $2.5 Million

Free Speech Requires a Pious Commitment

Refining Trump’s Higher-Education Reform

‘It’s Obvious’: Heritage President Says Right Has Antisemitism Problem

Election 2020 – vindication

EXCLUSIVE: How Trump’s Own Appointees Aided Russiagate Plot Against Him

The Crashing Failure of the Feminist Movement

Election 2020 – vindication

Redistricting, Republicans’ latest weapon

Secular government and its failings

When The FBI Is Used Against American Mothers (Video)

The Obama Conspiracy