by Raziel Siegman ('17) In preparation for their upcoming trip to the play "Martin Luther on Trial," the Honors College heard a lecture on Thursday from Dr. Chaviva Levin, Professor of History at Yeshiva College. Professor Levin discussed many of Martin Luther's doctrines that served as the foundations for Protestantism. The crux of her lecture, however, was regarding Luther's perception of the Jews. At different points of his life, Luther published drastically different views on Jews and Judaism. One way to reconcile this apparent comtradiction is to understand that Luther initially thought that the Jews did not convert to Christianity because they perceived its many flaws, as did he. He thus believed that once he would "fix" Christianity, all the Jews would come flocking towards the revised religion, and he thus looked at them positively. When he saw that the Jews did not in fact change as he thought they would, he concluded that they were truly evil from the get go, and then wrote terrible things about them. The students in the Honors College now feel much more prepared in anticipation of seeing "Martin Luther on Trial," and examining the issues it addresses, and we thank Professor Levin for giving this informative lecture.