Miri Rubin

Miri Rubin is a historian of medieval religious cultures and the Director of Research at the School of History at Queen Mary University of London. Her latest book is Cities of Strangers: Making Lives in Medieval Europe. (April 2025)

Christian Hair

The historical claim that Christianity replaced Judaism as a superior faith resulted in laws and language that persecuted Jews—and laid a foundation for white supremacy, too, a new book argues.

Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism

by Magda Teter

April 10, 2025 issue

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