A prophecy about Alexander the Great is found in the Jewish Book of Daniel, which was written 200 years before his birth.

Herod the Great − though in the Gospel of Matthew, he wasn't so great. Hulton Archive via Getty Images King Herod will sound familiar to anyone who’s heard the Christmas story. King of Judea when ...

Zora Neale Hurston was a philosemite. She believed that the Jews had been victims of stereotyping that started with Moses and that was promoted by the Bible and fed to children in Sunday school. Among ...

One universal truth held by writers is that their words are almost sacred. It’s difficult to stress and slave over written work only to have it chopped, changed and savaged. But anyone who has ...

Based on his controversial but acclaimed 1979 novel, Leslie Epstein's King of the Jews will get its Off Broadway debut this fall, beginning tonight, October 24, opening October 28, and running through ...

In nine days, the streets of Dublin will be adorned with fairy lights. From Galway to Cork, nativity scenes will appear in town squares, and children will sing of a Jewish child born in Bethlehem, ...