The Tel Aviv Review
Just a very naughty boy: Sabbatai Zevi and C17th Jewish messianism
The curious case of a 17th-century Jewish mysticist, one of the principal backers of Sabbatai Zevi, Judaism’s most well-known false messiah.
Read MoreWeimar 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?
Read MoreCyriac 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.
Read MoreNo 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.
Read MoreLove 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.
Read MoreAnti-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.
Read MoreHigher, 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.
Read MoreChaim 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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A program like no other: What Birthright Israel does right
Analyzing the success of Birthright Israel, the program that has brought hundreds of thousands of young Diaspora Jews to Israel.
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