History
The quiet weapon: Sexual violence is a strategy, not a byproduct of war - opinion
The United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict later concluded that there were reasonable grounds to believe conflict-related sexual violence had occurred during the attacks
Unearth World War II art history through people's eye
On this day: Russian Tsarist forces start Bialystok Pogrom, killing at least 70 Jews
An unbounded revolution: The power of the Iranian diaspora - opinion
Grapevine: Remembrance, appreciation
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
British professor uncovers location of Shakespeare’s London home using previously unknown documents
Munro’s find is historically significant, painting a very different picture of where Shakespeare may have spent time in his later years then what was originally thought.
When refusal becomes a strategy - opinion
The Islamic Republic isn’t serious when it says it won’t participate in the US talks in Pakistan. Rather, it is leveraging refusal as a strategy
Countries you didn’t know are named after people
Who is the hero Bolivia is named after, after whom Saudi Arabia is named, and who was Rus from whom Russia was born? A few examples of countries named after historical figures.
Israel at 78: An appropriate birthday gift - opinion
Nations, like individuals, are not defined by how they celebrate their birthdays, but by how they respond to the clarity those moments provide.
Herzl, Ahad Ha’am, and the Jewish question we still haven’t answered
The unfinished synthesis between sovereignty and civilization has now matured into something more dangerous than exile: a crisis of intelligibility.
Steeped in history, Pensacola Jews celebrate the 150th anniversary of Florida’s oldest synagogue
In 1876, when Pensacola’s Temple Beth El was founded, Florida had 200,000 inhabitants, just 2,000 of them Jews.
What I discovered about Herzl’s room in Basel
When we celebrate Independence Day, it is easy to forget that the idea of the Jewish State was not born in the desert or in the Middle East, but in Basel, on the cool banks of the Rhine River.
Researchers say they’ve traced Shakespeare’s London lodgings at last
The precise location of William Shakespeare’s only London home was identified in Blackfriars after researchers uncovered a previously unknown floorplan.
MyHeritage's Scribe AI decodes world's oldest love letter, reveals 15th century familial tensions
Brews’ letter is part of the “Paston Letters” collection of correspondence between the Paston noble family and others iduring the 15th century, including state papers and other important documents.
