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12/02/2022 - 14:24

One school of thought firmly denies the possibility of change. It argues that the world is a jungle, that the strong prey upon the weak and... →

06/02/2022 - 13:28

Nor are crime and punishment in Hebrew something exceptional. Indeed, they are all too familiar as Israel grapples with its local mafia... →

31/01/2022 - 13:54

The bouncing orange specks could be popcorn dancing on a hot plate. But there's something odd about how they move. Individual kernels spin... →

23/01/2022 - 13:06

This is the latest in a series of high-profile restitutions of Jewish-owned artworks stolen by the Nazis. Thanks to films such as The... →

17/01/2022 - 13:31

With the ascent of the Ayatollah Khomeini’s brand of Islam, Foucault gushed, a new “spiritual politics” was being born. Fans of democratic... →

11/01/2022 - 12:25

“Don’t meet anyone’s eye,” I’d been warned before I left England. “If they ask for your wallet, give it.” By “they,” the people concerned... →

30/12/2021 - 20:26

Though the attack was directed from Tel Aviv, the New York Times reported after a year-long investigation, the actual shots that hit... →

21/12/2021 - 13:53

“F**k him,” former President Donald Trump said about former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In an interview featured in the book... →

12/12/2021 - 12:59

In 2021, with one year of the battle against the coronavirus behind us, several books came out related to the pandemic. One of those books... →

07/12/2021 - 13:07

Which sentiment comes closer to the truth: the proverbial curse, “May you live in interesting times!” or Wordsworth’s enthusiasm that “to... →

29/11/2021 - 20:51

In the late 1960s, Nasa faced a decision that could have shaped the fate of our species. Following the Apollo 11 Moon landings, the three... →

23/11/2021 - 13:21

These ancient communities, whose roots in the Middle East predated by a millennium the advent of Islam, numbered close to one million... →

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