How Europe’s encounter with its Muslim immigrants in the 21st century is like a “love triangle.”

What we can learn from studying the visitor book at Jerusalem’s most celebrated former battlefield.

Exploring the everyday practices adopted by the early Israelis that reflected their reception of the cultural project of Zionism.

Analyzing the success of Birthright Israel, the program that has brought hundreds of thousands of young Diaspora Jews to Israel.

An original perspective on the history of Jews in the Levant and Egypt.

The curious case of a 17th-century Jewish mysticist, one of the principal backers of Sabbatai Zevi, Judaism’s most well-known false messiah.

Can we draw lessons from the fragile and divided German democracy of the early 1930s for today’s Israel?

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.

A conversation with the founding chair of the Israeli Society for the Study of Humor, ahead of its annual conference.

An exploration of the tumultuous relationship between Israel and Spain before and after diplomatic relations were established.