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Plague

How Europe’s First Jewish Medical-School Graduates Fought a 17th-Century Pandemic

The plague in Padua.

Edward Reichman
Sept. 9 2020 12:01AM

How Plague, Climate Change, and Economic Collapse Destroyed the Negev’s Booming Winemaking Industry

Fifteen-hundred years ago.

Amanda Borschel-Dan
July 29 2020 12:01AM

What "Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa" Teaches About Our Own Plague-Stricken Time

A famous and sorely misunderstood painting of Napoleon touching plague victims in Palestine illuminates the current moment.

Martin Kramer
April 21 2020 12:15AM