In "A Prehistory of Rav Kook", Yehudah Mirsky explores the writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac ha-Kohen Kook before he immigrated to Israel and challenges the commonly held view of him as solely a Zionist Rabbi.

Dr. Amir Engel, a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, examines the intriguing legacy of Gershom Scholem, a prominent scholar of Jewish mysticism and one of Israel's early public intellectuals.