Crash Course

Out of the suffering of the Bar Kochba holocaust Jewish leaders emerged who made it possible for the Jewish people...

Rabbi Akiva arguably represents a combination of everything that is heroic about the Jewish people more than anyone else. At...

After the destruction, the surviving Jewish leaders tried and were able to reestablish relations with Rome rather rapidly. It is...

The destruction of the Temple, and the subsequent destruction of the national entity of the Jewish people, occurred to a...

The rise of Christianity occurred during the extremely tumultuous period we have been studying, the Herodian Era.

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...

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

The Hasmonean Era was one of the most glorious and tragic in Jewish history – as well as for understanding...