The Hanukkah lights do not reject power. But they should remind us that power taken without authority will corrupt just as ...
If there is a villain in the Nativity story it is surely Herod, the monarch who supposedly slaughtered thousands of infants ...
Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is ...
Over 40 meters long — one of the longest and most intact sections ever discovered in Jerusalem, unveiled just in time for ...
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Archaeologists uncover Jerusalem wall mysteriously destroyed in power struggle during biblical era
Archaeologists in Jerusalem recently discovered a massive Hanukkah-era wall from an ancient power struggle between Hasmonean ...
Archaeological work carried out in preparation for the new wing of the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem has concluded with a major discovery: the full excavation of an impressive section of the city ...
Indeed, any one of their military triumphs against the Syrians could have been considered the “miracle of Chanukah,” but it was the retaking of Jerusalem and the rededication of the Temple that ended ...
The long road to the Jewish Diaspora did not begin with Titus in 70 CE or Hadrian in 135 CE. It began a century earlier, when a bitterly divided Jewish leadership invited a foreign superpower to step ...
Israel’s Heritage Minister, Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu, called the discovery: “tangible and moving evidence of Jerusalem’s might and stature during the Hasmonean period.” ...
Israel’s Heritage Minister, Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu, called the discovery: “tangible and moving evidence of Jerusalem’s might ...
A 2,100-year-old Hasmonean Wall found in Jerusalem’s Old City offers rare evidence of ancient defenses dismantled during a ...
A fortification in the heart of the capital was likely built shortly after the Hanukkah story took place. Now experts are ...
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