Jewish History

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.

While the Seleucids and Ptolemies battled for control of Palestine, Hellenism--the synthesis of Greek and native Near Eastern cultures--took hold.

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.

A history from colonial times to World War II.