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  • Arrowheads dating from the Hasmonean revolts found in the Citadel of Jerusalem
    Arrowheads dating from the Hasmonean revolts found in the Citadel of Jerusalem
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    Who Were the Hasmoneans?

    A Jewish populist movement that rejected Greece in favor of Iran, only to be conquered by Rome

    byDan Shapira
  • Pashtun men, Afghanistan, 1976
    Pashtun men, Afghanistan, 1976
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    Is the Taliban Jewish?

    Our History Detective columnist investigates the supposed Hebrew origins of the Pashtun tribe

    byDan Shapira
  • The western wing of the Central Synagogue of Aleppo in the early 20th century
    The western wing of the Central Synagogue of Aleppo in the early 20th century
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    Are Syrian Jews Arabs?

    Our History Detective columnist traces the story of Syrian Jews, and Jews from Syria

    byDan Shapira
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    Inventing the Karaites

    In the first installment of a two-part column, our ‘History Detective’ columnist begins tracing the story of Abraham Firkovich, the most prolific Jewish forger of all time

    byDan Shapira
  • Jewish girls, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915, Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)
    Jewish girls, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915, Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)
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    A Brief History of the Jews of Bukhara and Central Asia

    Our ‘History Detective’ columnist maps out the geographic and literary timeline of the Bukharan Jews

    byDan Shapira
  • Menelik II, early 20th century
    Menelik II, early 20th century
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    The Glory of the Kings

    Our ‘History Detective’ columnist provides a chronological dictionary of key people and terms that tells the story of Ethiopian Jews

    byDan Shapira
  • Detail, Battle Scene, folio from a ‘Zafarnama’ (Book of Victories) of Sharaf al-Din 'Ali Yazdi, 1485–86
    Detail, Battle Scene, folio from a ‘Zafarnama’ (Book of Victories) of Sharaf al-Din 'Ali Yazdi, 1485–86
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    So, Who Were the Khazars?

    Neither the genetic ancestors of Ashkenazi Jewry nor a myth. Introducing the new ‘History Detective’ column.

    byDan Shapira
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