History
Games of chance and society in the Middle East
Was Netanyahu chosen by God, or judged too harshly by man? - opinion
Outcry in Germany over controversial plans to demolish Nazi bunker for luxury apartment building
Breaking the individual to break the collective - opinion
Passover and peoplehood: The ongoing struggle with empire - opinion
The struggle that Israel and the United States have embarked on against Iranian hegemony speaks to the age-old imperative to counter Egypt.
New biography alleges Prince Philip secretly battled pancreatic cancer for eight years
On the night before his death at Windsor Castle, the duke is said to have slipped out of his room and given his nurses the slip.
Passover and the Holocaust: Why Judaism refuses to build identity on tragedy - opinion
The only safeguard against this constant danger is constant vigilance: seeing Jewish duty as the greatest of privileges.
'The Road to October 7': The long centuries of hatred that led to Hamas’s attack - review
This review of The Road to October 7 follows an interview with its author published in the Magazine earlier this month.
'Playmakers': How Jews shaped the American Dream through toys and teddy bears - review
Marginality and antisemitism gave Jews the edge they needed to innovate and invent.
New study rewrites the story of King Harold’s loss of England to William the Conqueror
Analysis of battlefield sources and chronicles deepens the mystery around the last anglo-saxon monarch.
Decades after Romania’s secret police trailed a Jewish photographer, their files have become a film
“Plan contraplan/Shot Reverse Shot,” which premiered at the Berlinale international film festival, features photojournalist Edward Serotta’s reminiscences about Romania in the 1980s.
Israel digs up the West Bank – and reignites a battle over history
As Israel expands excavations in the West Bank, ancient ruins become entangled in a modern political struggle over land, history, and identity
Rewind history to the Gulf War with these Israeli classics
TV Time: The Israel Film Archive has a wealth of clips going back over a century, including home movies, footage of weddings, nature scenes, inventions, fashion shows, folk dances, and movies, etc.
The Judean Desert in bloom: Following ancient paths of healing just beyond Jerusalem
Again and again, I discovered that some of the most profound healing environments lie just beyond Jerusalem’s crowded streets.
