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At the heart of the novel is the Lahmi family — in particular Gabriella — a young woman with a rare spiritual sensitivity who ...

No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping. — Ezra 3:13. Angela’s family reeled with ...

True Iranians have remained friends of the Jews through both belief and deed. A look at the history of Iran and the Jews.

But with the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 CE, the pilgrimage Hajj aspect of the week long harvest festival of Sukkot, began a gradual decline in the spiritual consciousness of ...

Digital twins are a digital representation or model of assets, processes, people, objects, and places and typically consist ...

Nicole Krauss is a novelist and a 2025 Guggenheim fellow. This op-ed is adapted from a speech the author gave on May 13 while ...

The Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwalla Museum documents the history and legacy of the ancient Parsi community - a small ethnic group ...

They stretch back to the times of the Bible. The First Temple, built by King Solomon, was destroyed not solely because of external military conquest by the Babylonians but because of the rot within.

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities ... It was home to as many as 7,000 people, vast temple complexes, and an imposing stone rampart visible from miles away.

There are voices – loud, passionate, sometimes even well meaning – that tell us this is not the time to celebrate Jerusalem ...