In 'Jerusalem Falls,' Prof. John Hosler analyzes what happened in the Holy City between the battles of the Middle Ages - and finds unexpected religious tolerance

High numbers of Jews likely served in the legions that brought down Jerusalem and could have constituted even up to 15% of the vast empire's army

Through April 6, an exhibit at Massachusetts's College of the Holy Cross shows how the violent religious wars also had an indelible artistic and aesthetic impact on Europeans

In '1942: Britain at the Brink,' historian Taylor Downing looks at bitter defeats for the UK that nearly threatened the empire, including Jews who took haven in Mandatory Palestine

Out Friday, the movie tells how Britain used the body of a dead vagrant to trick Hitler into dropping Nazi defenses in Sicily, enabling its capture and turning the tide of the war