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May 22 In History 124 BCE :  Simon the Hasmonean, drove the “Greeks” – the Syrians and their Hellenized Jewish allies – out of the citadel which was their last stronghold in Jerusalem. While Jews celebrate Chanukah, it is this victory, 40 years later...

WORDS OF A PROPHET Adriaan Snyman (Translated from the Afrikaans by Julie van Rensburg and Michael Viljoen) Dedication: I dedicate Words of a Prophet (previously published as Voice of a Prophet), to my wife, Annelize and children (Gustav, Naomi,...

CENTRAL EUROPE from Berlin to Zagreb - Leipzig, Germany Leipzig, Germany CENTRAL EUROPE First part: DRESDEN and LEIPZIG This has been my seventh journey in Europe during the last 16th months. I took a low cost flight with Ryanair from Milan to Prague...

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and more. Some are old, some are new, and some aren’t even out yet. Enjoy, and please tell us about the highlight of your reading...

How Vladimir Putin’s desperate hold on power is fuelling the next revolution by Michael Petrou Illustration by Adrian Lee I. In late April, the forests surrounding Pikalyovo, an industrial city 250 km east of St. Petersburg, are still blanketed...