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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Aug 17, 2026, 12:08 AM

Did Vikings Reach Israel Long Before the Crusades?

While our title invites a simple answer, the historical record resists one. Our contemporary imagination of the Viking Age remains fundamentally captive to popular culture; cinematic narratives such as Vikings and The Last Kingdom continuously reify the historical trope of...

Aug 13, 2026, 8:37 PM

Rabbi Michael Molho of Thessaloniki

At times, this blog will highlight important parts of the history of the Jewish community of Thessaloniki. In this first post, we will pay homage to Rabbi Michael Molho. Rabbi Michael Molho (Thessaloniki, 1890-Buenos Aires, 1964) was a prominent rabbi...

Silas Anastacio

Aug 7, 2026, 12:08 AM

9th International Congress on Biblical Archaeology Brings Experts to São Paulo

From August 27 to 29, São Paulo will host the 9th edition of the largest international congress on biblical archaeology in Latin America. Organized by the Moriah International Center, with support from the Israeli Ministry of Tourism, the event...

George Theodoridis

Aug 3, 2026, 6:13 PM

August 1964: Greek warplanes support Cyprus

August 1964. For a few days now, fierce fighting has been raging in Cyprus between Turkish forces and the National Guard. The reason for this was the Turkish Cypriot rebellion that had erupted since December 1963, following the refusal of...

Aug 2, 2026, 2:29 PM

In the Shadow of the Bronze Priest: An Athenian Pilgrimage

Each Step… A Story… From the bustle of modern Athens—traffic surging, shopkeepers calling, cafés spilling onto narrow sidewalks—the eye is drawn upward. Above the city, the limestone plateau of the Acropolis commands the horizon, crowned by the sun-bleached columns of...

Kelsey Maurine Brickl

Jul 29, 2026, 12:15 AM

The Holocaust and the Erasure of Europe’s Regional Jewish Foodways

Before the Second World War, Europe possessed no singular Jewish cuisine. It possessed a dense culinary geography whose boundaries often corresponded as closely to rivers, ports, mountain ranges, agricultural regions, and commercial routes as they did to political frontiers....

Jul 25, 2026, 11:10 PM

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

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A recurring theme of my conversations here over the past three years has been the options for living somewhere more normal. When I met my girls’ mother in the summer of 2015, my head—if not my heart—was already in Berlin....

Yaakov Chaliotis

Jul 23, 2026, 7:37 PM

The Empty Chair in Geneva: Writing the Rules Without the Democracies

America and Israel walked away from the UN Human Rights Council. The institution didn’t stop working — it kept writing the rules, with China methodically filling the space the democracies left behind. In Geneva, international institutions do not wait for...

Jul 16, 2026, 12:44 PM

Japan-Türkiye Hedging Tests India’s Indo-Pacific Bet, Greece Anchors Stability

Japan-Türkiye Hedging Tests India’s Indo-Pacific Bet. An AI Illustration

A recent article suggested that Japan may cultivate Türkiye as a “secondary strategic pillar”, raising the more important question of whether such “hedging” is compatible with the long-term partnership India expects from Japan. The key issue is whether such...

Yaakov Chaliotis

Jul 3, 2026, 7:07 PM

Why Is Greece Hesitating While Anti-Zionist Patrols Return to Its Streets

A centre-right unease I voted for this government because I believed it would defend legality, public order and Greece’s Western seriousness. That expectation was not fanciful. Kyriakos Mitsotakis campaigned hard on public safety, argued in 2019 that academic sanctuary had...

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