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 many days were there in the ancient Egyptian year? How did Menes become the first pharaoh? How did Ahmose become king of all Egypt? What is the ancient Egyptian language called? What are the legacies of ancient Egypt? How did Egyptian power spread during the Old Kingdom?
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. ...
Whether you are an employee or a small business owner, it can be helpful to calculate the number of working days in a year. Most people are familiar with the total number of days in a year: 365. But how many of those days are working days? To answer this question requires some calcul...
“IS IT GOOD FOR THE JEWS?”was a question I constantly grew up with. 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, “...
The 2019 Israeli census counts 472,800 Moroccan Jews living in Israel, although according to the World Federation of Moroccan Jewry, nearly one million Israeli
Helena, which is a cry in the hearts of the Addis Ababa Lou bruited the external manifestations of Jewish culture. How to meaningful? How to live a free? Moses led the Jews in ancient Egypt, the Canaanites, trace back to the unfettered life. ...
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...
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...
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.