There is something magical about being in the presence of a historically significant object, the oldest Hebrew book ever discovered." — David Kraemer, director of the JTS Library ...

Dating to the year 700 CE, the Afghan Liturgical Quire is on view at the Jewish Theological Seminary Library's exhibit, ...

There is something magical about being in the presence of a historically significant object, the oldest Hebrew book ever discovered,” David Kraemer, director of the JTS Library told JNS.The post ...

When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...

By Alexis Schaitkin Books about writers’ dogs and cats are ... In “Funny Because It’s True,” Christine Wenc offers an idiosyncratic history of The Onion, the publication that made the ...

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Individual records from the book can be searched online, helping local historians find out more about the history of where they live.

You'll need to devote a whole day to the Salah El-Din Citadel, which is quite possibly the most popular non-pyramid attraction in Cairo. This massive fortress located in Islamic Cairo was ...

This is Nuruddin Farah’s most powerful novel. As with all of his fiction, it is set in his homeland of Somalia. Maps is an ...

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