A glimpse into the book of the German theologian who collected 100 aerial photographs of the Land of Israel
How the Conquerors of the Land of Israel Spent their Time Between Battles: Hasty Photography, Football, and Boxing
A photo album taken by an unnamed British soldier during the First World War reveals the route of his unit.
Who Was the Real Merchant of Venice?
Find out all about the real man behind the fictional Shylock!
Resolving Biblical Contradictions – in Translation
The first Hebrew translation of the famous work El Conciliador also served as the translator’s own personal diary
In Color: Amazing Photos of Jews and Muslims in the Holy Land From 1900
The then-revolutionary photochrom method gave the world its first color pictures — based on the imagination of the employee working the printing plates.
The American Politician Who Would Not Remain Silent in the Face of the Holocaust
How Henry Morgenthau went from mild-mannered cabinet secretary to being one of the greatest advocates for Europe’s Jews during the Holocaust?
Was This Ad Published by Franz Kafka in a Zionist Newspaper?
A discovery by an archivist at the National Library sheds new light on Kafka’s connection with the Zionist movement.
The Jew Who Fought Against the Censors of the Inquisition
From a rare Jewish-Italian manuscript: An outraged letter from the Jews of Ferrara to the Inquisition authorities requesting they stop censoring their printed books.
When the Nazis Desecrated the Jewish Cemetery of Salonika
Human bones and broken tombstones were used as building materials, desecrating 500 years of Jewish history and half a million gravestones.
You Will Never Believe Who Turned Down the Author of “The Three Musketeers”
When Rachel Félix met her childhood idol, the famous writer Alexandre Dumas, she could not contain her excitement. It didn’t last.
