In Egypt, a 13th-century B.C.E. stele celebrating the conquests of the Pharaoh Merneptah (Ramses II’s son) acknowledges a people called Israel in neighboring Canaan. In Iraq, the Assyrian King ...
Over 2 million people participated in the Selichot gatherings and Yom Kippur prayers at the Western Wall during the months of Elul and Tishrei, despite the current war in Israel.