Click Here to Read: History of the Jews of Ukraine Once Europe’s largest Jewish community, Ukraine has had a major influence on the development of Ashkenazi Jewish culture  on the My Jewish Learning website.

Jewish musicians (Faust family) from Rohatyn (modern western Ukraine). Klezmorim (Klezmers) – traditional musicians among Jews, most of them members of the Faust family. Rohatyn, 1912 (then in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian monarchy). Jewish klezmer music band, antique photo. Image: Unknown photographer from Rohatyn

Click Here to Read: World’s oldest writing system may have its origins in mysterious, undeciphered symbols By Ashley Strickland on the  CNN website on November 7, 2024.

Cuneiform tablet describing religious devotion and civic achievements of Nebuchadnezzar II (BM 129397 reverse), British Museum, London. Source: unknown. uploaded as w:en:Image:Cuneiform script.jpg by en:User:ChrisO  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Click Here to Read: “When I Think Of A Jew, I Think Of A Maccabee”: Jews of the Universe: Introducing Rudy Rochman by Elissa Wald on the Judith Website on November 15, 2024.

Judas Maccabeus before the Army of Nicanor (1 Macc. 7:26-32) Image: Gustave Doré  (1832–1883).  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.