Nineveh

Thousands mourning in Christian town in Iraq after wedding hall fire

The fire happened in a Christian town that has been recovering since the war on ISIS. ISIS expelled Christians from Mosul, Nineveh, and Christian towns like Hamdaniya.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
People gather at the site following a fatal fire at a wedding celebration, in the district of Hamdaniya in Iraq's Nineveh province, Iraq, September 27, 2023.
Yom Kippur painting

Yom Kippur: The waters of life

‘And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land which is cut off; and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness’ (Leviticus 16:22)

|BySHLOMO RISKIN
TUVIA BURYING the dead in Babylon 311

An Israelite in Nineveh

The story may not be very accurate as far as historical research is concerned, but it remains true in its details of Jewish existence in exile.

|ByALEXANDER ZVIELLI
Tuvia 311

An Israelite in Nineveh

The Book of Tuvia documents some features of Jewish life in their first-ever exile.

|ByALEXANDER ZVIELLI