Jewish Community

Palestine goes Greek.

24 years, three empires, and one new faith in Palestine

The original diaspora community.

During the Hellenistic and Roman periods, Jews established communities in new regions, from Antioch to Alexandria.

Jewish factions rebel against Roman rule in Palestine.

Herod's rule accomplished a political and social revolution.

These two reformers charted a course for the future of Judaism.

Politics from Artaxerxes to Zerubbabel

Rebuilding the Temple and the reign of Cyrus

The 19th-century rabbi who shaped a modern Orthodox community in bridging traditional practice and Enlightenment thinking.