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.
Read MoreA discussion of the heated debate that swept the Jewish community in Palestine ahead of the 1936 Olympic Games.
Read MoreWeizmann 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.
Read MoreAn analysis of the “securocratic” regime that dominates global politics, with Israel at its forefront.
Read MoreA discussion of the life and opinions of Prof. Aviezer Ravitzky, one of Israel’s foremost Jewish philosophers.
Read MoreHow Muslim state courts in Jerusalem interact with other legal entities, and how they affect the city’s Muslim population.
Read MoreA discussion of the linguistic, educational, and political implications and limitations of the revival of the Hebrew language.
Read MoreAn exploration of the origins of Jewish mysticism, which influenced Jewish orthodoxy for centuries to come.
Read MoreHolocaust survivor Simon Malkes has dedicated his recently published memoirs to the man who saved him, a Nazi officer called Karl Plagge.
Read MoreThe construction of the Israeli national narrative in the early years, bridging statehood and millennia of Jewish tradition.
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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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