Jewish Journal

What Really Happened at Lydda in 1948? Ari Shavit and His Critics

Ari Shavit’s “My Promised Land” is arguably the most important book to come out of Israel in the last twenty-five years (see my review from January 14, 2014 ...
JSTOR Daily

Lydda, the Ancient Lod of the Old Testament--Where the Apostle Restored the Sick Aeneas

Cactus is in front of a stone wall. Stone buildings and a minaret are in the background. The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(I.Chronicles, viii:12.).--'And Lod, ...
The New York Times

In Israel’s Rising Violence, Ripples From 1948

The town of Lydda posed an early test of how the Israeli state would treat Palestinians. It is a legacy playing out today in violence between Jews and Arabs in Lod, as it’s now known. By Max Fisher On ...
JSTOR Daily

Lydda, the Ancient Lod of the Old Testament--Where the Apostle Paul Restored the Sick Aeneas

Stone buildings and a minaret are in the background and cactus is in front of a stone wall in the foreground. The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(I. Chronicles, ...