It may sound anachronistic to use terms like espionage, counterintelligence, secret services, or double agents in relation to ancient times. But activities, organizations, and personnel that largely f...
09.13.2025 Elpais.comMichal and I again ventured into Judea and Samaria, this time to visit the Jewish heritage site dating all the way back to Abraham’s entrance to the Land of Israel: the Cave of the Patriarchs and Matr...
09.15.2025 Timesofisrael.com and 1 sitesIn the ancient world, rulers often held complete control over their people, and many used violence to keep that power. Long before modern governments and laws, emperors, kings, and tyrants shaped thei...
09.17.2025 Worldatlas.comSteve Kramer Building in Hebron over the Cave of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs [Photo: Steve Kramer] HEBRON, Israel/ Palestinian Authority — Michal and I again ventured into Judea and Samaria, this ti...
09.12.2025 Sdjewishworld.comWhen you marry the love of your life, you are also taking on that person's entire family, and that might be surprisingly unpleasant. Franklin Roosevelt's mother Sara never liked his wife Eleanor, which made life hard for Eleanor while Franklin appeared oblivious to the tensions. Harry Truman suffered the continuing scorn of Bess's mother, who even moved into the White House with the couple. To his credit, Truman graciously memorialized his mother-in-law as a 'grand woman. ' In royal families, ma...
09.15.2025 Neatorama.comTwo very different cases of self-immolation: Jewish warriors at Masada, Indian women in the Sati ritual. by Massimo Introvigne* *A paper presented at the Occult Convention IV, Parma, September 6, 2025...
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