The fifth weekly biblical portion in Deuteronomy is Shoftim, “Judges.” The rabbis who were descendants of the ancient Pharisees viewed this portion as supporting the Pharisees’ views, rather than ...

With their pervasive military, political and economic clout, the Guards are often considered the main impediment to regime ...

As Bar Ilan University professor Joshua Berman engagingly and convincingly demonstrates in his “Echoes of Egypt” Haggadah, the process by which the Passover story took shape was as a polemic against ...

The succession of the slain leader’s son is seen as a signal of the Islamic republic’s defiance of Israel and the United States, and of continuity during crisis.

Four Cascio siblings, previously staunch supporters of Michael Jackson, claim the alleged "serial child predator" drugged and ...

For the Muslim world's Shiite minority, 86-year-old Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was more than just Iran's ...

18th Street or “Barrio 18,” is one of the most notorious and violent gangs in the Western Hemisphere. The group started back in the 1960s after Clanton 14, one of the oldest Hispanic gangs in the city ...

The Christian communal movement has long faced accusations from former members who allege harsh discipline, forced labor and isolation from the outside world ...

Mojtaba Khamenei's name continues to circulate as a possible candidate to replace his father, something that had been criticized in the past as potentially creating a theocratic version of Iran's ...