On July 29, 587 BC, after months of siege, the Neo-Babylonian Empire broke through the walls of Jerusalem and destroyed the First Temple—marking the violent end of the Kingdom of Judah and the beginning of the Babylonian Exile. The conquest, led by King Nebuchadnezzar…
Read MoreBy the summer of 70 AD, the city of Jerusalem—once the spiritual and political heart of the Jewish people—was under siege by the legions of Rome. Titus, the ambitious son of Emperor Vespasian, commanded the assault. After months of grueling encirclement, starvation, and attrition,…
Read MoreOn June 25, 1947, The Diary of a Young Girl—commonly known as The Diary of Anne Frank—was first published, forever embedding itself into the collective conscience as one of the most poignant accounts of human suffering and resilience during World War II. Anne Frank,…
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