The connection between Jews and Greece goes all the way back to the ancient world, even before the time of the Roman Empire. Greece was the dynamic cradle of civilisation in the Mediterranean and home ...

The end of the eighteenth century, however, marked the birth of modern athletics and the beginning of a flourishing ...

Extracting ancient DNA from teeth, an international group of scientists peered into the lives of a once-thriving medieval Ashkenazi Jewish community in Erfurt, Germany. The findings show that the ...

But, while eating some amazing gelato in the Piazza Navona in Rome the other day, I got to thinking: Was Rome good for the Jews? Not really, and not at all. To the ancient Jewish sages, Rome — the ...

“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 ...

(The Conversation) — Throughout history, Christians have often believed Pontius Pilate was reluctant to condemn Jesus. History suggests otherwise, a scholar explains. (The Conversation) — It’s a ...

The protests over the war in Gaza that roiled many college campuses in the United States this past May and June raised once again the ancient specter of anti-Semitism. This year’s version of the ...

The real history of Jewish gladiators, from Reish Lakish to Kirk Douglas. In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, burying the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in scalding stone and ash. The ...

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'Ecce Homo' (Behold the Man), by 19th-century painter Antonio Ciseri, depicts Pontius Pilate presenting Jesus to a crowd in Jerusalem. Tungsten/Galleria d'Arte Moderna via Wikimedia Commons It’s a ...