Remarkably, the town of Al Qosh is home to the remains of an ancient Jewish Synagogue, and within its confines, the tomb of Nahum the Elkoshi. The tomb, purported to be 2,700-years-old is guarded by a ...

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, a refuge on the day of distress, Taking care of those who look to him for protection. ―Nahum 1:7 Nahum is the seventh of the Old Testament Minor Prophets ...

For nearly 30 centuries the tomb of the prophet Nahum was an important pilgrimage site for Jews in what is today Kurdish Iraq. But after the founding of Israel in 1948, all its Jewish caretakers began ...

An Iraqi fighter from the Shiite Al-Abbas popular mobilization unit in the embattled Anbar province west of Baghdad, on May 19, 2015. MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images A 2,700-year-old tomb of a Hebrew ...

An ancient Jewish site located just 30 miles from Islamic State-controlled Mosul is at risk of collapsing, a representative of Kurdish Jewry says. Sherzan Omer, Kurdish Jewry’s representative in the ...

ALQOSH, Iraq, Aug. 3 (UPI) --Jewish officials are appealing to save a 1,500-year-old tomb that is in danger of collapsing just 30 miles from Islamic State-controlled Mosul. It could be just a matter ...

This report is part of a series. For several years, the Kurdish Jewish leadership in Israel has tried to build constructively on their historic ties with the Kurdistan Region, but has been obstructed ...

The 1,500-year-old building was for centuries the site of a major Jewish pilgrimage each year on the holiday of Shavuot. (JTA) — An ancient Jewish site located just 30 miles from Islamic ...

There are three important factors concerning the date of Nahum’s prophecy. First, in 3:8–10, the fall of the Egyptian city of No-amon (i.e. Thebes) to the Assyrians is spoken of as a past event, ...

Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stand guard at a checkpoint in the northern Iraq city of Mosul Reuters The ancient tomb of Hebrew Prophet Nahum Elkoshi is in danger of ...