Crash Course

The decline of the Hasmoneans coincided with the rise of Rome, but it wasn't coincidence, for the once great Jewish...

The seeds of strife planted earlier took root as the Hasmonean era produced sacrilegious heirs and pitted Jew vs. Jew...

The Hasmonean era is among the most glorious in Jewish history, yet contained seeds of self-destruction that almost destroyed everything.

Chanukah was a miraculous military victory, but a tiny cruse of oil proved more miraculous and enduring in the memory...

Greek culture slowly infiltrated Jewish culture, threatening to destroy the Jewish people in ways tyrants could not do through brute...

The story of Alexander the Great and the Jews is intimately intertwined. However, its after-effects shook the Jewish world to...

Greek culture would tempt Jews like no other, threatening to destroy Judaism. It would be as much an exile of...

The Men of the Great Assembly passed decrees that ensured the Jewish peoples’ survival in the post-Temple era down to...

If not for legendary efforts of Ezra and Nehemiah the fledgling Jewish community in Israel would not have survived as...

Was the Persian king Cyrus who permitted the Jews to return to their land and rebuild their Temple Jewish? This...