Rabbis among the magi.

Questioning the rabbis’ Sasanian paradise.

Forgotten Babylonian artifacts at the Hermitage.

The earliest records of the Diaspora show Jews keeping the memory of their homeland alive.

From opening the door to the poor to opening it to Elijah.

Babylonian Jews in talmudic times used the bowls to trap demons.

But the exiles still had reason to weep.

Abba the Tall, known simply as Rav.

A brief history of one of the world’s oldest diaspora communities.

Nestorian Christians and Sefer Y’tsirah.

Remembering Yaakov Elman.

Telltale names and positions at court.

The bright side of exile.