Polish Jew and Dan David Prize winner Natalia Romik says her work helps eastern Europe understand its Jewish past

Gloria Tessler, The Jewish Chronicle

Dr. Karma Ben Johanan discusses her new book Jacob’s Younger Brother: Christian-Jewish relations after Vatican II. What were the implications of the Vatican’s new approach to Judaism, announced in the 1960s, across the Catholic world and among Jewish theologians?

TLV1, Tel Aviv Review

A visit to Nairobi’s archives led to a ‘eureka moment’ for Kenyan Chao Tayiana. She set out to retell colonial narratives – using digital technology to bring lost and suppressed stories to light.

Caroline Kimeu, The Guardian

Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers reveals how white women across the American South played crucial roles in perpetuating the system of slavery.

HistoryExtra

Of all of the people enslaved in the southern U.S. over time, 40% were owned by women. When she married George Washington in 1759, Martha Washington was herself the enslaver of 84 people.

History Pod Blast

From an early age, Dr. Anita Radini knew that she wanted to become an archaeologist. But little did she know that she would become an expert in analyzing the dental plaque of early humans to learn about their lives, work that brought her the prestigious 2023 Dan David Prize.

Ran Puni, Israel Hayom

Adam Clulow explores how fears of a sprawling conspiracy took hold in a remote Dutch East India Company fort in 1623 - with deadly consequences.

HistoryExtra

How the banking industry consolidated and became a key part of the climate fight - Perspective by Bart Elmore

Bart Elmore, The Washington Post

Her father became a religious Jew, her mother turned to Buddhism, she herself became an active ‘hilltop youth’ in the West Bank. Meet Dr. Karma Ben Johanan, whose life and research is suffused with radical religiosity.

Shany Littman, Haaretz

"I think it is very important to understand the relations between mental illness, violence and politics," says 2023 Dan David Prize winner Dr. Ana Antic.

Neria Barr, The Jerusalem Post

Ancient plaque analysis has been revealing dietary secrets and unexpected origins from the deepest prehistory. Now Dan David prizewinner Anita Radini takes the science to a new level: detecting ancient occupations.

Ruth Schuster, Haaretz

The "Amazon economy" seems like something new, but it rests on the physical and intellectual infrastructure built by those who came long before the age of the internet, and leaves many of the same marks on the environment.

The Road to Now