A Mesopotamian myth from nearly 4,000 years ago tells of a man who builds a boat to save the world from a divine flood, long ...

"100 Objects from the Collections of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research" shows a sampling of the institutes archive.

It is not hard to conceive that the prime minister of Israel is a serial liar. He is masterfully adept at fooling some of the people, some of the time.

The fate of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei emerges as a bellwether of the war’s ultimate aims. Mr. Hoffman is an associate editor of ...

What is it about Fridays and the number 13 that sends people into a superstitious tizzy? To find out, you need to go back a few thousands years or so.

These 17th century monks chose to slowly mummify themselves over a decade to achieve enlightenment...all so they could help ...

Many of Dylan’s songs are replete with biblical references hearkening back to his Jewish studies in childhood.

This year’s Father’s Day ended up being far more special than I had anticipated. My son and I had the chance to do something new together that wasn’t even on my mind a few days ago: we grilled a steak ...

Beneath the rugged mountains of southeastern Iran, archaeologists are carefully unearthing traces of a Bronze Age society ...

Hessom Razavi’s family fled to Australia from Iran in the 1980s to escape persecution. As he watches events unfold, he speaks to relatives still there and reflects on Iran’s fate.

The Paris museum is reopening the crates of ancient artifacts unearthed in the Palestinian territory. For years, this heritage has been in exile in Geneva due to the conflict with Israel.