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Centuries after its last mention in Biblical texts, the present-day location of the Ark of the Covenant remains unknown.
Even when things don’t go the way we want them to. Even when God doesn’t say yes to our prayers. Even when we cannot understand God’s reason for doing what ...
King Esarhaddon ruled the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 681 to 669 BCE. He was the third ruler of the Sargonid Dynasty, the ...
I want to tell three stories, all from God’s Word. First, is the story of naïve Joseph who foretold his greatness to enemy-siblings in Genesis. Though he eventually achieved the mount in Egypt, he had ...
INTRODUCTION Egyptologists have made one cardinal mistake by including human beings with white complexions as Pharaohs in ...
Our portion lists four animals that lack one of the two signs of purity. The midrash associates these four animals with the ...
Question: I read with much interest your Q & A columns, especially those that relate to tefillah. I have a related question: In shul I’ve noticed that at the conclusion of the Shemoneh Esrei, some p ...
The history of Jews in Georgia is a remarkable tale of coexistence, resilience, and cultural fusion, spanning more than 26 centuries ...
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon may have kept King Nebuchadnezzar’s wife happy, but they couldn’t hold a candle to my ...
If it’s not about a king, then I’m not interested!” This is the defiant yet adorable response of Walter Dickens, the son of master storyteller Charles Dickens, in one of the opening scenes of Angel ...
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon may have kept King Nebuchadnezzar’s wife happy but couldn’t hold a candle to my grandmother’s home-made “swinging baskets.” ...
World Press Photo has announced its 2025 Photo of the Year, along with two finalists, highlighting some of the most impactful photojournalism of the past year. 3,778 photographers submitted 59,320 ...