Tag: persia

"2,500 years later an enemy of the Jewish people arose in that land. He, too, wants to destroy and annihilate the seed of the Jews from the face of the earth."

The sherd was left behind from a demonstration on inscriptions for students at Tel Lachish, and wasn't an ancient artifact.

The shah’s government facilitated the purchase of the land in 1971 to mark 2,500 years to Cyrus the Great’s edict allowing Babylonians to worship the god of their choice.

Trump's Jerusalem Declaration has historical ramifications that go far beyond just moving the embassy.

Vashti, Esther and Zeresh. Passionate cast of female characters who helped pave the path - intentional or not.

A rare look into how Purim is commemorated in modern day Persia.

Jews have lived in Iran at least since the days when Cyrus the Great liberated many of them from Babylonian captivity in what’s now Iraq, about 2,700 years ago.

Tamar Yonah speaks with Rabbi Pinchas Winston from www.ThirtySix.org

The earliest evidence of the arrival of eggplants in this Israel has come to light in the City of David, the archeological site of ancient Jerusalem: A 1,100-year-old refuse pit found in Israel Antiquities Authority excavations in the Jerusalem Walls National Park reveals dietary habits in the Early Islamic period.

Iran is Persia. Persia is still trying to kill the Jews.

Many Jews in Persia considered assimilation the way to succeed and an easier life--What has changed?

There are many questions surrounding Purim, here are a few answers....

How do you say “annihilate Israel with a nuclear bomb” in Persian?

The Israel Museum has bought more than 1,200 silver coins that were used in Persia in the 4th and 5th centuries and which includes...

Israel, because of its more limited strike capabilities, cannot wait much longer before it loses the ability to act.