This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present and surface delightful treasures. Sign up here. In a 1927 Atlantic article ...

The six points on the Jewish Star of David serve to protect Jews from six directions: North, South, East, West, up, and down. Some believe the triangles, displayed in blue on the Israeli flag ...

In a world where religious institutions have long defined our understanding of spirituality, a growing number of individuals ...