How of a group of refugees stranded off the shores of Vietnam somehow ended up in a small town in southern Israel…
Pesah Hevroni: Among the great Jewish mathematicians of the twentieth century, inventor and brilliant scholar, native of Jerusalem
The archive of Dr. Pesah Hevroni is not large, but it succinctly and accurately recounts the tragic story of one of the great Jewish mathematicians of the twentieth century, an inventor and brilliant scholar born in Jerusalem, who never quite came into his own
Are King Solomon’s Magical Powers Concealed Inside This Book?
These methods will help you discover if you are in possession of an ancient book containing mystical powers, or perhaps not
Maria Sibylla Merian: The Scientist and Painter Who Refuted Aristotle’s Theory
Merian was a scientist, researcher and naturalist who documented the world of insects, followed their lifespans, and revealed the truth of how insects come to be in the world.
Are You a Sadist? The Historic Role of a Controversial Psychological Test
Whose test results led Dr. Szondi to declare that “this man has murderous tendencies?”
The True Story Behind Harry Potter, Abraham the Jew and the Philosopher’s Stone
The true story of the mysterious owner of the Philosopher’s Stone…
Emmy Noether: The Jewish Mathematician Who Changed the World
Emmy Noether faced many challenges on her way to fulfill her passion for mathematics, as an educated and Jewish woman in Germany between the world wars.
1695: What Is Missing from the Young German’s Medical Diploma?
It is unusually beautiful, but a small detail is missing from the diploma Capilius son of Yosef Piktor received.
In Color: Amazing Photos of Jews and Muslims in the Holy Land From 1900
The then-revolutionary photochrom method gave the world its first color pictures — based on the imagination of the employee working the printing plates.
The Renaissance Woman Who Documented the Scientific Revolution
During the Reign of Terror Marie-Anne Lavoisier never surrendered in the face of persecution and kept the Scientific revolution alive and safe.
