Israel was a regional superpower, but unable to retain its independence in the face of Assyrian imperialism....
Judaism
In the early modern period, political activity among Jews was limited exclusively to the Jewish community. Introduction...
The beginnings of Hamburg’s Jewish community are linked to the Jews’ expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula at...
Messianic Jews consider themselves Jewish Christians. When Loren Jacobs, member of the Shma Yisrael Congregation, offered a...
During the Holocaust, the remaining Hasidic centres in Eastern Europe were destroyed and the Hasidim who lived there...
These networks formed as a result of the dispersal of Jewish society over great distances starting in...
Kyiv was abandoned by the Nazis in November 1943, allowing the Soviet authorities to return to the...
In the religious politics of the Second Temple period, the Aaronide priestly dynasties were the Mushite priesthood....
Jews were not welcomed everywhere in the colonies, but they established small communities. Not many Jews immigrated...
Herodion, the palace fortress and highest peak in the Judaean Desert, is the only site that is...
The Jewish red heifer ash ritual may have originated in surrounding pagan cultures reflecting the transition from...
Historical research is important not simply for its own sake, but for what we can learn from...
These were mythologized as a bastion of Judaism – of the so-called “yidishkeyt” – in the context...
There were complaints that the lack of using a permanent family name caused a lot of “disorder” Introduction...
Analyzing the Hasmonean rulers’ approach to Hellenistic culture. Abstract The archaeological excavations of the Hasmonean palaces in...
His rule resulted in revolt and eventually in territorial loss, and in the loss of political prestige,...
Hostility against Jews intensified in the course of the crises caused by social and cultural changes. Introduction Beginning...
Examining the inter-relationship of religion and culture in the time period of medieval Spain known as the...
Periodic outbursts of hostility incited numerous massacres of the Jews in the Middle Ages. Setting the Scene...
The Ashkenazi Jews developed a distinct liturgy and culture. Introduction Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim, are...
Hanukkah demands fewer religious rituals than most other Jewish observances. Golden Pixels LLC Despite the primacy of Christmas in American culture,...