Bullet casings and mortar shells.

It’s not the Western powers.

A historic victory that led to the end of Ottoman rule over Palestine.

What happened after Shabbetai Tsvi chose conversion over death.

A bygone Sephardi metropolis.

Not a sideshow.

In the place where Islamic State thinks Armageddon will happen.

Composing silabarios to prepare for apocalypse.

Don’t blame the treaty for the Middle East’s problems.

And fought the slave trade.

A new book tells their story.

A new book upends conventional wisdom.

An ancient community, destroyed by Hitler.

“Suddenly, along comes a woman dressed like a man, riding a horse . . .”