It’s hard (and probably not kosher) to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. That’s largely the problem with CBS’s “The Dovekeepers,” airing March 31 and April 1. The filmmakers based this ...

Did hundreds of Jews really commit suicide at Masada? Historian Shaye Cohen compares Josephus' account with recent archaeological evidence. From "Masada: Literary Tradition, Archaeological Remains, ...