The crux of the case is something bigger, something moral and deeply personal, about one family’s connection to a home and ...

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Nicole Krauss is a novelist and a 2025 Guggenheim fellow. This op-ed is adapted from a speech the author gave on May 13 while ...

Ezra and Nehemiah proclaimed fasts among the Jewish exiles before their return to Jerusalem. David humbled himself with fasting (Psalm 35:13). Daniel fasted for three weeks as part of mourning (Daniel ...

Rebuilding and defending the new city walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity (Nehemiah 3). Wood engraving, published in 1835. Ezra reads the book of the law (Nehemiah 8, 5) Ezra reads the ...

Operation Ezra and Nehemiah facilitated the departure of up to 130,000 Jews, while those who remained faced persecution. Maurice Shohet, president of the World Organization of Jews from Iraq ...

The Old Testament books of Ezra and Nehemiah are difficult to read and comprehend because they cannot be read sequentially. Both books originally comprised a single volume, but in the 3rd century, it ...

The destruction of the First Temple led to the renewal of the Torah in the life of the nations, exemplified by the work of Ezra and Nehemiah. The destruction of the Second Temple led to the great ...

Essentially, Nehemiah's people were celebrating a ceremony of recommitment. After being in exile and beginning to rebuild Jerusalem, Ezra and Nehemiah realized that their people were religiously ...

Essentially, Nehemiah's people were celebrating a ceremony of recommitment. After being in exile and beginning to rebuild Jerusalem, Ezra and Nehemiah realized that their people were religiously ...