In the first known interaction between the two nations, the ancient Persians freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon.

Seventy years later, the Persian King Cyrus conquered Babylonia. He invited a group of Judeans to return to the land of ...

Despite geopolitical tensions, dozens of Jews, including Israelis, have journeyed to shrine in Kurdish city of Alqosh since its rehabilitation in 2022, says project organizer ...

Out of all the scripture and poetry and midrash that fills Jewish history, all the mysticism and folktales, all the prophecy and piety, all the humor and skepticism, for me one of the most moving ...

Many of Dylan’s songs are replete with biblical references hearkening back to his Jewish studies in childhood.

In the holy writings of the ancient Jews, King Cyrus of Persia has the distinction of being the first and only foreign Messiah.

The Cyrus Cylinder is often considered the first charter of human rights, inscribed with the words of King Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire.

Arthur Griffith and WB Yeats were among those who campaigned against the vandalism, until ordered off the land by a man with ...

Cyrus, known as king of kings or Shahenshah, is remembered particularly by Jewish and Christian scholars for his support for ...

AT PENPOINTThe ceasefire announced by President Donald Trump was apparently a way of getting out of what had so far been an ...

The fate of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei emerges as a bellwether of the war’s ultimate aims. Mr. Hoffman is an associate editor of ...

The people of Israel remained fragmented until the emergence of Moses. He began to reunite Israel under his leadership until ...