Cyriac of Ancona, Europe’s first archaeologist
The life of Cyriac (Ciriaco) of Ancona, a 15th century traveler credited with bringing the long-lost marvels of the Classical world to Renaissance Italy.
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Gilad Halpern
No laughing matter: What studying humor can teach us about life
A conversation with the founding chair of the Israeli Society for the Study of Humor, ahead of its annual conference.
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Love in the time of cholera: Three decades of Spanish-Israeli relations
An exploration of the tumultuous relationship between Israel and Spain before and after diplomatic relations were established.
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Anti-clockwise: Time and modernity in the late Ottoman Empire
Analyzing the tension between tradition and modernity in 19th century Turkey through the introduction of standardized time.
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Higher, faster, stronger? ‘Hitler’s Olympiad’ and the Yishuv
A discussion of the heated debate that swept the Jewish community in Palestine ahead of the 1936 Olympic Games.
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Chaim Weizmann: A statesman, a scientist
Weizmann was Israel’s first president and leader of the World Zionist Organization in the pre-state years, and he maintained an active career as a chemist.
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Exporting the occupation: How Israel gains clout on the back of the Palestinians
An analysis of the “securocratic” regime that dominates global politics, with Israel at its forefront.
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The public intellectual and Jewish philosophy
A discussion of the life and opinions of Prof. Aviezer Ravitzky, one of Israel’s foremost Jewish philosophers.
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The curious case of Sharia courts in the Jewish state
How Muslim state courts in Jerusalem interact with other legal entities, and how they affect the city’s Muslim population.
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Weimar in Jerusalem: Is Israel on a slippery slope to fascism?
Can we draw lessons from the fragile and divided German democracy of the early 1930s for today’s Israel?
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