How many Jews lived in Germany in 1933? How many people worked to build a ziggurat? How many people were in the Sassanid Empire? How many people died from the Black Death? How many people died in the slave rebellion of 1791? How many people starved during the Cultural Revolution?
How long did Narmer rule Egypt? Was the Roman civilization before the Egyptians? How old was Djoser when he became pharaoh? Where were the first Egyptian hieroglyphs written? How many days were there in the ancient Egyptian year? How did Menes become the first pharaoh?
Having been raised in an upper middle class Jewish environment whenever a presidential campaign took place the question asked by the Jewish Community was, “Is he good for the Jews?” Never was the question asked, “Is he good for America?” An example of how the Jewish Community gives pr...
they are all bound, no matter how much they already know, “to find new treasures, unexpected juxtapositions, previously unknown texts, and objects that will enrich their understanding of the role Jews played in world culture of the period.” This is no exaggeration. ...
Neo-fascists took responsibility for the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995; a series of bombings in Germany in the 1990s targeting immigrants; and several bombings in London in 1999 against racial minorities and homosexuals. And many blame neo-Nazis and...
How many Moroccan Jews moved to Israel? Approximately 28,000 Jewsimmigrated to Israel between 1948 and 1951. The initial enthusiasm quickly dampened as numerous Moroccans complained of the discrimination and contempt they encountered from other Israelis of European origin. ...
A. Clayton, the British representative in Egypt, and a number of his associates from Cairo and Jerusalem. It was at this meeting that the formation of a so-called volunteer force for the liberation of Palestine was decided upon, as against the use of regular troops of the Arab governments....
For many Jews, Passover is a time to reunite with family and recount the exodus from Egypt at a meal known as the Seder. Observant Jews avoid grains, known aschametz, a reminder of the unleavened bread the Israelites ate when they fled Egypt quickly, with n...
How could Israel’s top security echelons so callously betray the country’s border communities and the soldiers tasked with their protection, many of whom were slaughtered in their beds? How could they fail to alert their political superiors to a clear and present danger of the largest national...
Many claims have been made about the resemblances between Christianity and earlier myths and religions. Some of those claims are true and others aren’t.