Royalty was given special Hermes attention with the reign of the king that bears the Greek god’s name, and that of his queen, ...

reigned over the bal masque of the Knights of Babylon in the grand ballroom at the New Orleans Marriott following the krewe's parade. The literary theme for the ball and the parade, which preceded ...

And so it goes, the cycle of exile and remembrance, uprooting and rerooting. With the Passover holiday, those free can celebrate their freedom, and those who are rooted, their rootedness. Yet at the ...

It reflects on the evolution of libraries from ancient times, highlighting key figures like Aristotle and Gutenberg, and the transition from papyrus to modern books. The narrative emphasizes the ...

During these thousand years, this period was nourished by legends and unfounded speculations, such as the alleged conversion of the Khazars, used to compensate for the lack of historical sources. It ...

The impossibility of conveying in ordinary Yiddish the experience of walking through the empty streets of one’s eradicated ...

He and a small number of other German Protestant leaders gathered, calling themselves the Confessing Church. They issued the ...

His student Rava counters that Hallel is not recited on Purim, because Purim is not comparable to the Exodus. In the Exodus, ...

Ms Johnston was a much loved and celebrated figure in Irish literature, known for exploring themes like Anglo-Irish identity and the Troubles in Northern Ireland. How Many Miles to Babylon?, ...