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Judge says the trio were ‘motivated by events taking place elsewhere in the world’ and chose the victim based on their ‘understanding of his...
New radiocarbon dating at the Huqoq sanctuary in the Galilee puts its construction after the empire embraced Christianity, and hints that Jews still...
For centuries, Cochin Jews marked Purim by burning effigies of Haman, while the holiday represented the day when Jews from all backgrounds celebrated...
A newly excavated site in Ostia Antica, dating as early as the 3rd century CE, offers fresh insight and new enigmas about the city’s potential...
In a sporadic occurrence that will next repeat itself in 2045, Jews in the capital get to celebrate a three-day holiday
Using dentists’ tools, archaeologists painstakingly uncover evidence that Israel’s Tinshemet Cave housed hominins who shared rituals and...
Cutting-edge technology allows a team of Israeli researchers to determine that mysterious ironclad remains found in a church near Jerusalem belonged...
National Jewish Book Award recipient Aviad Moreno’s work focuses on northern Morocco’s Hispanic Jews, whose yearning for a ‘homeland’ was...
Following High Court petition by Tzohar and ITIM groups, Michael Malkieli rolls back regulations guaranteeing him control of selection committees
While the region offered a great diversity of fauna, Middle Paleolithic humans favored hunting the ancestor of cows, archaeological remains from the...
According to a study by the ITIM nonprofit, one in five Israelis also report their connection to Judaism was negatively impacted by the experience
Sartaba/Alexandrium was built by the Hasmoneans and expanded by Herod. A team of archaeologists has launched a first excavation in 40 years to probe...
A 2nd-century gate in the Old City’s Muslim Quarter offers a glimpse into the capital’s multilayered history — and complex present
With 2,000 years of history between the Jewish community and the Catholic Church, relations have been positive in recent decades. But October 7 has...
Now housed at the National Library, 15th-cent. Mezukak Shivatayim extensively quotes Jewish sages whose works are unknown to scholars, opening the way...
New report by group promoting religious freedom says 67% of Israeli public supports recognizing all types of marriages in Israel, including civil,...
‘Unofficial fraternal meeting’ of Egypt, Jordan and Gulf states expected to address Cairo’s proposal, which official says would see Hamas...
Israel Democracy Institute’s report indicates that Haredi solidarity with the rest of society was transient
Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem just concluded their second season of excavations at Hyrcania, where they found colorful...
Chief Rabbinate Council is the main authority on Jewish law for government and religious services; head of advocacy group says new members all appear...
Transparency International finds ‘global corruption levels remain alarmingly high, with efforts to reduce them faltering’
The finds on display include a Hasmonean coin hoard, archaeological evidence of the biblical king Ahab, and a Western Wall stone
Professionals warn that bill extending Israeli law over West Bank may strengthen claims of de facto annexation, would not solve neglect and looting...
Israeli researchers recently deciphered an ostracon in a grand 1st-century structure in the Jordan Valley that could prove Jewish rebels used the site...
New study shows Middle Paleolithic people intentionally decorated stone tools, offering evidence that abstract thinking began earlier than 50,000...
A mass grave in the Negev excavated by the Israel Antiquities Authority sheds light on funerary, divination, and commercial practices in the first...
Parts of two double-handled jugs were found in the waters near Tel Achziv in 2016. Scholars recently deciphered the etched writing on one of them
A rare intact Hellenistic estate at Khirbet el-Eika in Eastern Galilee was likely abandoned by its inhabitant as Yonatan Maccabee and his army drew...
During the Early Bronze Age, the Southern Levant’s inability to support mass sheep herding left the region lagging behind Syria and Mesopotamia. But...
New research on the longest Greek papyrus from the Judean Desert ever discovered offers unprecedented insights into life in the Land of Israel in Bar...
Unearthed at Huqoq, the artifact may represent the missing link between 1,300-year-old Merovingian rings and popular medieval Jewish nuptial bands,...
On February 5, 1945, some Hebrew University scholars launched an appeal to fellow faculty members encouraging them to mobilize for European Jews
Unearthed in Upper Galilee, 3rd century CE artifact might prove rumored tensions between Emperor Diocletian and local population; also mentions two...
New research examines artifacts found in 2018 in two vessels next to the synagogue at Huqoq, in an excavation led by Prof. Jodi Magness; its findings...
But in a joint press conference with Italian counterpart, foreign minister says ‘pay to slay’ policy needs to end, as must incitement,...
JTA — In April, when a group of pro-Palestinian activists pressured Florence’s city hall to have the local honorary Israeli consul resign, they...