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 ...

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 ...