In a few weeks, on Aug. 12, we Jews will observe a lesser known holiday of ours. It is known as TisheB'Av, the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av. (It always occurs in July or August.) It is a day of ...

“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 ...

(RNS) — You know that line about how even a broken clock can be right twice a day? That is how I feel about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. I will eagerly enter a contempt competition with ...

What we know about Babylonia is mostly derived from clay tablets. Tens of thousands of these cuneiform texts have been found in the last century and for some periods these tell us a great deal about ...