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Lost city found hidden under modern streets in Thailand

Discovery made using 1954 aerial photographs revealing ancient embankments around the old city.

From sanctuary to near-genocide: Purim's lessons on the path to eradicate the Jews

Purim marks the first large-scale attempt to eradicate the Jewish nation

15/03/2025

'The History of Washing' explores global bathing cultures

Her book covers bathing cultures from ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, to modern Korea and the Ottoman Empire.

The enigma of Nikita Khrushchev: Unravelling the Soviet leader's views on Israel, Zionism

The story of the Soviet leader’s time in power, his policies against Jews, and his relationship with Israel and Zionism

'Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther' by Rembrandt, 1660, at Moscow's Pushkin Museum

This week in Jewish history: Purim story, mass suicide, killing of York's Jews

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars

By STEVEN DRUCKER
15/03/2025

Givat Massuah: Jerusalem’s quiet, scenic neighborhood

Neighborhood Corner: Beneath the surface, Givat Massuah is a dynamic community – and layered with controversy.

Purim: Asking without logic

On Purim, let us rise above logic. Let us stand before our father in heaven and cry out, “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?”

The essence of Purim was never the Diaspora. It was always Jerusalem

The events in Shushan were never merely about the Jews of Persia. Just a few years before Esther’s miraculous rise, we had begun our return to Jerusalem, laying the foundations of the Second Temple. 

From ancient pagans to the Islamic Republic: The shaping of Iranian civilization

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun.

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