German bankers carrying sacks of money, 1923. Photo by Georg Pahl. Published with permission from the ...

Jerusalem today. Photo by David Shankbone. History is made up of all sorts of interesting twists ...

Dr. Gideon Mer, 1938 Notwithstanding all of the economic progress of Rosh Pina in the early ...

Rosh Pina, early 20th century Years ago, I visited the northern village of Rosh Pina, and ...

The Times of the Roman War As Roman corruption and culture destroyed the social fabric of Jewish life, Judea revolted. ...

It was Hillel, not Herod, who reestablished the true Kingdom of the Jews, which is the Kingdom of Torah, nobility ...

Herod may have been a great murderer, but he was a great builder. And he was not a person given ...

The Tombs of Esther and Mordechai in Hamadan, Iran. Photo by Nick Taylor. The victory for ...

Herod was a certified madman, but had moments of genuine concern for the country. In the end, though, his legacy ...

Photo by Ulterior Epicure On the surface, the Purim story is pure narrative, a story like ...