Jewish History
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First Jewish Revolt Against the Romans 66-70 CE
The terrible final events of the first Jewish Revolt against the Romans in 70 C.E. remain a defining moment in Jewish history. more...
Eleazer ben Yair and Masada History
The fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of Solomon's Temple in 70 C.E. marked the formal end of the five-year war between the Jews and Romans. more...
Flavius Josephus Early Jewish and Roman History
For serious researchers of Biblical history, early Jewish history and life in Roman Judea, between 200 BCE and 75 CE, the works of Flavius Josephus are an essential tool. more...
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David Mickey Marcus - An Israeli-American Hero
By: Eric Hammer
In the annals of Israeli history, few stories compare to that of the American who helped Israel form an army and save Jerusalem, Colonel David "Mickey Marcus. more...
The Zionist Movement and the Balfour Declaration
By: Ronald Smith
The Zionist movement called for the creation of a Jewish homeland. However, early Zionists faced many intriguing obstacles, some even from fellow Jews. more...
By: Ronald Smith
The Zionist movement called for the creation of a Jewish homeland. However, early Zionists faced many intrigung obstacles, some even from fellow Jews. more...
A Death Sentence Upon Children Two and Younger
By: Dennis Jamison
Matthew's account of King Herod's order to slay the male children is the only account of such an atrocity and now contemporary biographers of Herod question its validity. more...
The tone of the Laws of Moses as found in the dictum 'an eye for an eye' was aimed at ensuring justice and fairness to the offender and the hurt in an equal measure. more...
There were attempts, both sincere and fanciful, to solve the 'Jewish Question' by setting up a Jewish homeland in unlikely places far away from the Middle East. more...
Jewish Rulers in Foreign Lands-I
Though a people without a nation for millennia, the Jews produced powerful rulers at some points of history in the countries where they lived in exile. more...
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