The history of the Jewish people is one of glory, oppression, migration, persecution and survival. Perhaps the only explanation for this tenacity, a refusal to stay down against all odds, is that the ...

Sara Shai’s “As My Soul Speaks” is an epic novel that traces the arc of Jewish history, from the destruction of the First Temple in 586 B.C.E., through centuries of diaspora, all the way to the ...

In the early years of the 6th century B.C., Judea was at war with Babylon. Twice the forces of the empire laid siege to the Jewish capital at Jerusalem, as the disobedient vassal refused to pay ...

Archaeologists have reconstructed how Babylonian invaders burned down a building in Jerusalem more than 2500 years ago, using chemical clues in the debris. The building was destroyed as part of the ...

Introduction: Towards a New History of Jews and the Sasanian Empire -- Jewish Society under Sasanian Rule: From Isolation to Integration -- Competing for Power: Jewish Elites and Sasanian Culture -- ...

A short excerpt from Magistrate Judge Paul Evangelista's long Report and Recommendation Mar. 31 in Uzamere v. Gregg (N.D.N.Y.), which was adopted Thursday by Judge Anthony Brindisi: To the extent it ...