References are made to Tarshish in the Old Testament as a rich area far across the sea from the Holy Land. It was said to have exported vast quantities of important metals, including gold and silver ...

As part of the observance of Yom Kippur, on the afternoon of Wednesday 23, Jews will be reading in synagogues around the world the Book of Jonah. As the other books that form the collection known as ...

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