Continuing with our study of the Israelites, we reach the period known as Second Temple Judaism. This is because the Israelites were permitted to return to Jerusalem from exile in Babylon and reconstruct their temple. This is also the...

Masada is one of the most famous archaeological sites in Israel. It is best known from a dramatic episode described by Josephus in his account The Jewish War when the Judean rebels in the First Jewish Revolt made an epic last stand...

Max sees a shop called “Cup of Joe” and is excited to go inside to get ice cream. Moon explains that there won’t be any because “cup of joe” is another way to say cup of coffee.

Max sees a shop called "Cup of Joe" and is excited to go inside to get ice cream. Moon explains that there won't be any because "cup of joe" is another way to say cup of coffee.

Masada was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. Its inscription on this prestigious list epitomizes its outstanding universal significance, which must be protected for the benefit of all humanity. Its fall signaled the...

David Zucchino is a contributing writer for The New York Times. He was awarded a 2021 Pulitzer Prize for his book, "Wilmington's Lie." He was also awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for his dispatches from apartheid South Africa. Mr....