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.

An analysis of the “securocratic” regime that dominates global politics, with Israel at its forefront.

A discussion of the life and opinions of Prof. Aviezer Ravitzky, one of Israel’s foremost Jewish philosophers.

How Muslim state courts in Jerusalem interact with other legal entities, and how they affect the city’s Muslim population.

A discussion of the linguistic, educational, and political implications and limitations of the revival of the Hebrew language.

An exploration of the origins of Jewish mysticism, which influenced Jewish orthodoxy for centuries to come.

Holocaust survivor Simon Malkes has dedicated his recently published memoirs to the man who saved him, a Nazi officer called Karl Plagge.

The construction of the Israeli national narrative in the early years, bridging statehood and millennia of Jewish tradition.

The evolution of the perception of water abundance and its place in effort to build the State of Israel.

We explore how late 20th century Jewish philosophers posed a challenge to the ideas of Enlightenment.