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 ...

Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?

In the shadow of world politics, a deeply spiritual narrative may be unfolding. The recent U.S. military strike on Iranian ...

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.

The history of Iranian-Israeli relations shows how ancient alliances can turn into modern conflicts, but maybe now is the ...

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

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

It is not hard to conceive that the prime minister of Israel is a serial liar. He is masterfully adept at fooling some of the people, some of the time.

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

According to the Bible (Ezra 1:1-4), the famous founder of the Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great, ironically freed the ...

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 ...