In his 2026 book, Antisemitisms: A History of Jew-Hating, Sander L. Gilman summarizes how the hatred of Jews came to be used as a political cudgel by non-Jews and Jews alike.
The recent employment of charges of antisemitism as a means of advancing a broader political agenda seems to have come as a surprise to the right and the left alike.
The Sephardic Diaspora lays claim to a varied repertoire of delicious dishes. But what are the origins of this culinary heritage? And how have the foods that define Sephardic…
Before Gentleman’s Agreement became the Academy Award–winning postwar film starring Gregory Peck, it was the bestselling novel of Laura Z. Hobson, a Jewish American woman…
The establishment of the Deinard Chair in Jewish History at the University of Minnesota has ensured the continuity of research and teaching in the field of Jewish history at…
Vilified for their supposed usury, condemned by church leaders, and expelled by opportunistic rulers—such was the fate not only of medieval Europe’s Jewish communities, but…
”Latitude 33°,” Rotem Tamir’s exhibition at Mia November 21, 2026 through February 21, 2027, is named for the cartographic line running through Iraq, north Libya, and near…
Yosef Eliyahu Chelouche grew up within a notable Sephardi family in the tiny but flourishing Jewish community in Jaffa. Born in 1870, he became a prominent entrepreneur, a…
In hindsight, the early 1930s marked the erosion and eventual collapse of liberal democracy in Germany. For those living through these years, however, the trajectory was far…
