Tehila is a long short story that formed part of my high school’s Hebrew Literature syllabus. The unnamed narrator is a visitor from overseas just arriving in the Jerusalem of the 1920’s for some ...

Ben Freeman writes about his recent book, The Jews: An Indigenous People. While Jews’ primary concern is how we understand ourselves, Freeman writes, indigeneity also offers a way for the wider world ...

A view of the settlement of Maale Adumim and the E1 area of Jerusalem, 2 November 2011. Mahmoud illean / Demotix/Demotix / Press Association Images.

In this careful mapping of the terrain, Dahlia Scheindlin examines whether the forward march of women in Israel has been halted. She charts early revolutionary advances, assesses the scale of recent ...

Karin Stögner is Professor of Sociology at the University of Passau, Germany and co-ordinator of the Research Network on Racism and Antisemitism in the European Sociological Association. In this ...

Families of civilians abducted by Hamas hold a press conference in Kfar Maccabiah, Ramat Gan, 8 October 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90 ...

Kyle Orton reflects on his recent visit to a Syria still adjusting to life after the fall of Assad. There was something ...

In this forceful opinion piece, Fathom editor Jack Omer-Jackaman argues for rejecting and opposing President Trump’s ‘Gaza ...

Adam Gregerman is Professor of Jewish Studies at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He examines four parallels between centuries-old demonising historical views of ‘the Jew’ rooted in the ...

Antisemites have long depicted the Jews as a perverse, predatory, and pornographic people; horny vampires of the Orient. That ghoulish portrait — which, for short, can be called the ‘lust libel’ — is ...

The recent Houthi attack on strategic targets in the UAE has once again raised the issue of Iranian proxies. While some have argued that this attack is another indication that Iran is using the ...

Oliver Sears is the founder of Holocaust Awareness Ireland. ‘Irish politicians line up to be photographed with the community on Holocaust Memorial Day,’ he writes, ‘But those same politicians will not ...