Nestled in the Qalamoun mountains, about 56 kilometers northeast of Damascus, the historic Syrian town of Maaloula is one of ...

The Targum Onkeles uses the Aramaic word ank which connotes a sense of trouble or distress, which is shared by Rashbam in his ...

And it makes sense to improve our behavior at the start of the new year. Since I was a child, when I began reading my dad’s books in his vast library, I decided to be a man like the brilliant Jewish ...

Orthodox Christmas on January 7 brings together diverse communities across the Middle East and the global diaspora, ...

For most people, the name Jesus feels settled, familiar, and deeply tied to memory. And over time, repeated use makes a name feel permanent, so it rarely invites questions. So the idea that His name ...

The Jewish presence in Armenia dates back nearly two millennia, to the period of pagan Armenia. According to historical ...

This past year featured plenty of positive stories that happened in Luzerne County, and it’s time to take a look back at some of those highlights from 2025.

Jesus’ indigeneity was inseparable from a Jewish calendar tied to agricultural and pilgrimage cycles, Hebrew and Aramaic as ...

Though no Jews live there today, the African territory has a history of Jewish merchants, and a tribal clan with a crypto-Jew ...

Dov wrote like no one else. Intelligent, winding, every post was an educational lesson wrapped in a story sprinkled with puns ...

He achieved a career for the ages in Hollywood, but repeatedly sabotaged himself with alcoholism and angry outbursts. Today ...