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An artistic depiction of the First Temple in Jerusalem. Image: Tombah/Wikimedia

The Babylonian bubble

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A terrible scene flashed across our screens the other day. It was late afternoon on Friday as Shabbat was coming in and suddenly the sirens sounded. Jerusalem was under attack. Alarms blaring, all the...

March 16, 597 BCE: Jerusalem Falls To Babylon

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Jerusalem fell to Nebuchadnezzar II, the king of the Babylonian Empire, on this date in 597 BCE, following a four-month siege, according to the Babylonian Chronicles, a set of tablets currently possessed by the...