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When the People of Ofakim Opened Their Hearts to Vietnamese Refugees

How of a group of refugees stranded off the shores of Vietnam somehow ended up in a small town in southern Israel…

Nati Gabbay | 19.10.23

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

The National Library of Israel | 31.12.19

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

Chen Malul | 23.05.19

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.

Hadar Ben-Yehuda | 24.12.18

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?”

Chen Malul | 09.12.18

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…

Stefan Litt | 22.03.18

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.

Hadar Ben-Yehuda | 13.03.18

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.

Chen Malul | 18.12.17

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.

Chen Malul | 12.11.17

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.

Melody Barron | 09.11.17

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