Nineveh was destroyed again, but this monument still stands.
The bloody reign of Alexander Yannai.
A Hebrew inscription, an old synagogue, and a prophet’s tomb.
Limiting observance to expressions of grief and mourning, failing to take account of the valor that defeated Hitler, is untrue to the full meaning of the day.
A voice of “blazing heat and pellucid clarity,” Nahum reminds us that, like justice and love, vengeance is an element of God’s being.
One of many shrines thought by local Jews to be the resting places of biblical figures.
The prophet Nahum called Nineveh, near Mosul, a “city of blood...full of plunder.” Its priceless treasures are now falling victim to the rage of jihadis.