Open Search form

History

Apply for a Blog

Aug 16, 2026, 12:39 AM

AI and Teaching Jewish Civilization: Is an Enemy Needed?

Teaching Jewish Civilization

The Argument That Needs an Enemy: What happens when you forbid a machine to mention our enemies by Joe Nalven, with Claude Dara Horn reports that most American students, if they learn about Jews at all, learn only that Jews were...

Aug 14, 2026, 12:38 AM

The Cave as a Laboratory of Consciousness

The Cave as a Laboratory of Consciousness: The Birth of the Artist and the Artwork This phenomenon represents one of the most important revolutions in the history of human consciousness. It marks the transition from an existence devoted to survival...

Alexander A. Winogradsky Frenkel

Aug 14, 2026, 12:28 AM

Beyond the Eclipse

On August 1 according to the Julian calendar, August 14 in the civil calendar this year, the Byzantine Churches celebrate an unusual conjunction. The Precious and Life-Giving Cross is brought forth - ἡ Πρόοδος τοῦ Τιμίου καὶ Ζωοποιοῦ Σταυροῦ...

Aug 13, 2026, 3:13 PM

Treasure Trove: Zionism Means Israel’s Election Involves Diaspora Jewry Too

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

If the original purpose of Zionism was to establish a home for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, what is the purpose of Zionism once that home (the State of Israel) is established? That is the question...

Silas Anastacio

Aug 13, 2026, 4:58 AM

Fleeing the Terror: The Story of Ariella Pardo Segre

São Paulo – In 1943, as Nazi persecution intensified in Italy, the Pardo family risked everything to survive. Guided by a smuggler and sheer courage, they crossed the Alps on foot toward Switzerland. Among them was Ariella Pardo Segre,...

Aug 12, 2026, 8:18 PM

When Human Beings Transformed the World into Images

The Birth of Abstraction: When Human Beings Transformed the World into Images Approximately forty-five thousand years ago, deep within the darkness of nearly four hundred caves, Homo sapiens began to paint. Until then, this species had lived a nomadic existence, relying...

Aug 11, 2026, 8:27 PM

The Boy In The Bar Never Questioned Hashem

I grew up inside, so nobody needs to sell me on it. The meals that show up after a birth. The loan with no interest and no questions asked. The chevra kadisha. The man you barely know who finds...

Jaime Kardontchik

Aug 11, 2026, 8:02 AM

Israeli elections: A perspective from California

Front covers of my books

The Israeli public will most probably concentrate in the coming elections on the urgent internal problems of the Israeli society. However, Israelis must not lose sight that these are irrelevant in the international arena, for which the critical question...

Aug 11, 2026, 6:07 AM

Unholy Vows: The Wolf in a Bishop’s Robe

In March 1971, readers of the United Israel Bulletin were confronted by a headline that left little room for ambiguity: “War Criminal Remains a Free Man in U.S.” Its editor, veteran United Nations correspondent David Horowitz, opened with an accusation...

Alexandre Gilbert

Aug 10, 2026, 7:09 PM

Aurélien Bellanger Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #343

Aurélien Bellanger (copyright authorized by Le Seuil)

Aurélien Bellanger, cyclist, and marathon runner publishes The Architect of Notre-Dame with Actes Sud — first departure from Gallimard in over a decade, and a return to the historical-infrastructural novel that made his name. Introduction: For fifteen years, Aurélien Bellanger...

Load more