Researchers are using a very modern tool to transcribe and read hundreds of thousands of medieval manuscripts from the lost age of Eastern European Jewry.

While Benjamin Netanyahu’s grandfather and father had a role in revisionist Zionism, he put himself at its center.

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Contrary to popular belief, illuminated manuscripts were not exclusively made in Europe—one of the most impressive is from ...

Spain’s future was decided not in one battle, but two. In 1195, the Almohads destroyed a Castilian army at Alarcos, ...

Glass beads, rhinestones, sequins, medallions, and more embellish artworks exploring the relationship between past and ...

From ancient Rome to medieval Spain to Renaissance Venice, generations of mariners have relied on biscotti as a source of ...

Valencia in Spain is the latest city to get its own Axel Hotel. Axel is the groundbreaking, LGBTQ-focussed but ...

The National Library of Israel is displaying a rare 14th-century manuscript of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah for the first time ...

Short documentary looking at five important battles in the history of medieval Spain. The Almoravids, Alfonso the Battler, ...

In August 2025, my wife and I traveled in Spain for our 10 th Wedding Anniversary — from Madrid to Toledo, Córdoba, Sevilla, and finally a week in Mallorca. What began as a trip filled with hesitation ...