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What many people don’t realize is that Zionism is not a monolithic term. From its inception there we
Satire is a funny, aggressive, and largely oppositional literature which is typically created by peo
Early modernity has long been seen as a crucial period in the history of biblical scholarship, witne
You’re human, but are you also a Buddha? If so, which one comes first? What does it mean to be human
Covering the whole of the ancient Greek experience from its beginnings late in the third millennium
How to find hope in these times? I spoke with political scientist Loren Goldman about the principle
My recent interview with Rabbi Dr. Yosie Levine about his book, Hakham Tsevi Ashkenazi and the Batt
The Education Myth: How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy (Cornell UP, 2023) questions the idea
Embracing Exile: The Case for Jewish Diaspora (Oxford University Press, 2025) analyzes biblical and
What does liberty entail? How have concepts of liberty changed over time? And what are the global co
In the late sixteenth century, a German Lutheran scholar named Martin Crusius compiled an exceptiona
Why do some processes—like aging, birth, and car crashes—occur in only one direction in time, when b
What has gone wrong with the left—and what leftists must do if they want to change politics, ethics,
Rav Kook’s Vision: Halakhah, Secular Knowledge, and the Renewal of Judaism. Those of us who know som
The road novel is often dismissed as a mundane, nostalgic genre: Jack, Sal, and other tedious white
Syrian Poets and Vernacular Modernity (Edinburgh UP, 2025) examines a poetic movement that rose from
This week on International Horizons, RBI Director John Torpey interviews historian Tara Zahra, autho
The images we use to think about moral character are powerful. They inform our understanding of the
How do the disillusioned, the forgotten, and the persecuted not merely hold on to life but expand it
Both humorous and shocking, Miracula: Weird and Wonderful Stories of Ancient Greece and Rome (Reakti
