Tagged Jewish history

Rare Second Temple discoveries unearthed at ancient Shiloh

Hidden heroines of Treblinka: New book rewrites Holocaust history

Rabbi Berel Wein

Rabbi Berel Wein, renowned historian and teacher of Jewish history, dies at 91

Jerusalem stone capital

Ancient Jerusalem stone capital to be unveiled for Israeli Independence Day

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The power of faith: How Tzili Schneider became a beacon of hope for hostage families

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‘Time capsule’: Jewish ritual bath found under former strip club in Poland

Ancient menorah

2,000-year-old synagogue, one of world’s oldest, discovered in Russia

Tisha b'Av

Explainer: Tisha b’Av, the saddest day on the Hebrew calendar, begins Wednesday evening

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‘Holy Jerusalem’: Rare 2,000-year-old half-shekel coin found in Judean desert

vandalism Samaria Jewish herigate site

WATCH: Israel approves plan to safeguard heritage sites threatened by Palestinians

Mural at Ben-Gurion Airport

‘JEWISH MONA LISA’: Mural at Ben Gurion Airport celebrates 4,000 years of Jewish history

anti-israel activists

WATCH: Who are these new authorities on Judaism?

Temple Mount

Separate areas for Muslims and Jews on Temple Mount?

Likud MK Amit Halevi in front of the Dome of the Rock at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Israeli MK proposes dividing Temple Mount between Jews and Muslims

Flag Temple Mount

Israel brushes up against ‘status quo’ atop Temple Mount

Pilgrim's road receipt

Who was Shimon? 2,000-year-old stone tablet with Hebrew inscription uncovered

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Brown University project is digitizing 10,000 ancient Israel inscriptions

Seder

Passover ‘Guide for the Perplexed’ – explainer

Jews in Iran Purim

PURIM IN IRAN: Jews attend synagogue, celebrate victory over evil Persians

Purim

Purim Guide for the Perplexed 2023 – explainer

Saranda synagogue ruins

Dignity restored to 1700-year-old European synagogue, thanks to concerned visitor

Synagogue

Archaeologists uncover rare 14th-century Spanish synagogue

ben-Gvir Temple Mount

Ben Gvir to postpone Temple Mount visit after discussion with Netanyahu

ben-Gvir Temple Mount

Ben-Gvir announces visit to Temple Mount, Lapid warns of violence

Maaleh Adumim

‘Grave breach’: EU working with PA to undermine Israeli sovereignty, MKs protest

menorah chanuka

Chanukah irony: The holiday’s real message is alien to most American Jews

EXCLUSIVE: Balkan countries see revival of Jewish culture; ‘I’m excited,’ says mayor

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Palestinian propaganda in Jewish art museum sparks controversy

norwich pogrom victims

Antisemitic mass murder behind mysterious English grave, researchers say

Jerusaelm archaeology

Evidence presented of Roman attack on Jerusalem, destruction of Second Temple

Jews Temple Mount Tisha b'Av

WATCH: Jews visit Temple Mount en masse on Tisha b’Av

Tel Aroma

PA destroys Hasmonean fortress, declares area ‘Palestinian national archaeological park’

Ancient Shiloh Jugs Finding

‘Evidence of our connection’: Rare discovery at ancient Jewish site in Samaria

Jewish Temple

The historic significance of the 17th of Tammuz – today’s Hebrew date

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Yad Vashem chair has private audience with pope, feels ‘weight of responsibility’

Illustrative depiction of Jewish at Holy Temple in Jerusalem

Nothing new: Jerusalem flag march a tradition since ancient times

Christian missionaries

A psychological exploration of weak Jewish response to Christian missionaries in Israel

Athens

Museum exhibit dates Jewish presence in Greece to 4th century BCE

Lag B’Omer

Jews worldwide to celebrate mystical spring holiday of Lag B’Omer

Naftali Gilat Bennett

‘We won’t have another opportunity’: Bennett appeals for unity on Israel’s Memorial Day

Naftali Bennett Holocaust Remembrance Day

Bennett: ‘Even the most difficult wars today are not comparable to the Holocaust’

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Kamala Harris’s Seder makes a mockery of Passover and the Jews – opinion

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Muslims destroy ancient artifacts to block Jewish visits to Temple Mount

Passover

WATCH: Israel’s UN envoy hosts early Passover seder, teaches Jewish history

David Gofshtein

Yiddish poet undergoing revival in war-torn Ukraine

New Cairo Geniza

Egyptian authorities confiscate valuable Jewish archives in Cairo

Siloam Inscription

Turkey to return Israel’s most important ancient inscription

Brooke Goldstein

WATCH: If Jews studied history, they would have fewer problems

Mahmoud Abbas

WATCH: Abbas calls on Christians, Muslims to fight Jewish ‘enemy’

Religious Jewish man with kippah

What’s wrong with the Jews? – opinion

Palestinian land grab in Judea and Samaria

The diabolical destruction of Biblical sites in Judea and Samaria

Anne Frank

New book of Anne Frank family’s betrayal ‘full of mistakes’

Hollywood

Hollywood museum erases Jewish history

Farhud

US taxpayers to fund revisionist, anti-Zionist history

Germany Night of Broken Glass Kristallnacht

WATCH: Global initiatives mark ‘Kristallnacht’ anniversary

Yehuda Glick Temple Mount

Prayer and punishment on the Temple Mount – opinion

Italian Hebrew manuscript

Project underway to digitize 35,000 volumes of Hebrew books from Italian Jewish history

former synagogue Manhattan

Non-Jewish Texas student publishes locations of former synagogues in New York City

Jerusalem city wall uncovered

WATCH: Missing section of First Temple-era city wall of Jerusalem revealed

Coins dating back 2000 years (Credit: Tal Rogovsky)

UNCOVERED: 2000-year-old coins attest to Jewish life in ancient Israel