History

The little object that traveled the world: A story of trade, culture, and tradition

A journey through the remarkable history of playing cards, from ancient trade routes and coffeehouses to the digital age, revealing how a simple deck became a global cultural icon.

A centuries-long journey of cultural exchange, where traditions, ideas, and human connections traveled across borders and generations.
Rendering of the XR experience at Palace of Versailles.

Israeli-designed Palace of Versailles extended reality installation set to launch

US Sen. Lindsey Graham (L) speaks near US Republican Sen. John McCain during a news conference at the David Citadel hotel in Jerusalem January 3, 2014.

Israel is safer because of Lindsey Graham - opinion

Theodor Herzl (1860-1904), visionary.

Theodor Herzl and American Jews: The untold story of a Zionist bond that changed history


Traveling in Messi’s footsteps: The city where a boy from Rosario became a legend

Argentina’s comeback put Messi in the spotlight again, but Rosario never left him. A route, murals and Messi-inspired ice cream made it a destination.

Graffiti mural in honor of Messi.

Walking through the ancient waterway behind Jerusalem's story

During the Three Weeks, descend into the Biyar Aqueduct in Gush Etzion and experience the cool waters that once supplied ancient Jerusalem.

The Biyar Aqueduct in Gush Etzion.

America did not begin in a single language - opinion

Could Jonas Phillips have imagined what this experiment called America would look like 250 years on? 

Dov Bleich writing a Yiddish prayer for America’s next 250 years at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.

Entebbe daze

Having lived in Israel, now for several decades, I’ve come to realize that my personal history and Israel’s modern history are inextricably intertwined.

Captives returning after the Entebbe Operation.

America at 250: Why Washington’s promise to US Jews still matters - opinion

George Washington promised that this Republic would “give to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.” May we prove worthy of that promise for the next 250 years.

An illustrative image of George Washington's head on Mount Rushmore.

America at 250: Fighting antisemitism begins with reclaiming America's Jewish story - opinion

The fight against antisemitism begins with historical truth and remembering the vital role Jews played in building America.

Man holding an American flag.

Games of chance and society in the Middle East

A historical look at how chance-based games shaped culture, law, and society in the Middle East.

Was Netanyahu chosen by God, or judged too harshly by man? - opinion

There was a young man who was chosen. He did not choose himself. In fact, he had no plans to enter politics and no ambition to become prime minister. Yet God often chooses people who never expect it.

Israeli cabinet minister and former military chief Gadi Eisenkot is consoled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he attends the funeral of his son Gal Meir Eisenkot, 25, an Israeli solider, who was killed in northern Gaza during the ground operation by Israel's military in Gaza.

Outcry in Germany over controversial plans to demolish Nazi bunker for luxury apartment building

The bunker is part of a subterranean bunker complex constructed over a period of ten years, and which served as the headquarters of the Nazi regime until the last week of World War II in Europe.

Kai Wegner (L,CDU), Governing Mayor of Berlin, Manja Schreiner (C,CDU), Senator for Mobility, Transport, and Christian Gaebler (L,SPD), Senator for Urban Development, view a public housing construction project

Breaking the individual to break the collective - opinion

Occupation does not begin at a border. It begins inside the human mind. That is why sexual violence has remained such an effective weapon across centuries.

 Demonstrators hold signs against what they describe as international silence over sexual violence perpetrated against Israeli women during the attack by Hamas on southern Israel on October 7, at a protest in Jerusalem, November 27, 2023.