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Steven Leonard Jacobs’s “Short History of Judaism and the Jewish People” (2024) | Stephen Basdeo

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Despite their history of suffering and oppression, Jewish people have always been resilient; always able to survive the worst that humanity has thrown at them and even come out of many of these experiences victorious.

First Appearance of Bubonic Plague in History

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Plague, or Yersinia pestis, has “plagued” humankind throughout history. Since at least the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the 500s—and likely for much longer before that—it has claimed millions of lives. This section presents the voices of people throughout history who have recorded their experiences of the plague and who have also represented it in popular culture.