An ancient Jewish text has been discovered and returned 80 years after it was looted from a Hungarian seminary during the occupation of the Nazis in 1944. An announcement by the U.S. Attorney's Office ...
UNC-Chapel Hill professor Jodi Magness recently wrapped up 11 seasons of archaeological excavations at an ancient Jewish synagogue at a village in Israel called Huqoq. Back in 2012, her team uncovered ...
“Epiphany of Queen Esther” by Los Angeles-based artist Shahin Dardashti (shahinart.com). This time of year, many non-Persian Jewish friends remind me that as an Iranian Jew, “my holiday” is just ...
The "Codex Sassoon," an ancient Hebrew Bible written in the late 9th or early 10th century, was purchased Wednesday at Sotheby’s in New York City for $38.1 million. For the record: The price for "The ...
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California, has a new exhibit that offers visitors a deeper understanding of ancient Judaism and the early foundations of Christianity ...
The real history of Jewish gladiators, from Reish Lakish to Kirk Douglas. In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, burying the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in scalding stone and ash. The ...
Israelis are likening President Donald Trump to the ancient Persian King Cyrus, recorded in the Bible, following the release ...