Recently, I've had the pleasure of building a friendship with Darius Jamshidian. Many of us know Darius by sight, but not necessarily by name. He is the owner of multiple local Subway franchises and ...

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 ...

(RNS) Feeling increasingly alienated and even persecuted, some Christians are adopting a favorite image from Scripture -- that of the Babylonian captivity. (RNS) From the moment they set foot on North ...

Recently unveiled ancient clay tablets have provided scholars a rare glimpse into Jewish life during the Babylonian exile. Discovered by archaeologists two years ago, the tablets went on display to ...

The newly religious rapper is enamored of Nebuchadnezzar, a king who burned down the first Jewish temple in 586 BCE. Last month, West released a gospel-infused album titled “Jesus is King,” on which ...

JERUSALEM — A new exhibition of ancient clay tablets discovered in modern-day Iraq is shedding light for the first time on the daily life of Jews exiled to Babylon 2,500 years ago. The exhibition is ...

(The Conversation) On the anniversary of America’s independence, the abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass made a biblical Psalm – Psalm 137 – best known for its opening line, “By the Rivers of ...