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‘Holocaust in Gaza’ graffiti sprayed on Western Wall, reportedly by troubled Haredi man

Officials and politicians across the aisle condemn the act; judge reportedly orders the 27-year-old suspect, a resident of Jerusalem, hospitalized in...

11.08.2025 20

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Post-Oct 7, archaeologists’ CSI skills gave families closure. An exhibit reveals how

A new collection at the Israel Antiquities Authority campus in Jerusalem showcases the painstaking identification of victims and documentation of...

10.08.2025 40

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When did lovers start kissing in ancient Israel? A new study looks to the Bible for clues

Research based on textual analysis traces the rise of ancient Israelites’ snogging to post-exilic times, likely influenced by Babylonian culture

09.08.2025 100

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‘Abba of Naburya has perished’: Unique 1,900-year-old inscription found in Dead Sea cave

Four-line Aramaic text, one of the few legible inscriptions from the era, may be tied to the Bar Kochba Revolt. The words were spotted only inches...

07.08.2025 70

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Study suggests 4th-century prayer site may be one of Spain’s earliest synagogues

Oil lamps decorated with menorahs and architectural evidence uncovered in the Roman city of Castulo suggest that the building was not a church, but...

06.08.2025 40

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‘Shabbat kept me’: Hostages and families have turned to faith in the face of trauma

For October 7 captives and their relatives, Jewish rituals have often become lifelines. Psychologists say religion offers meaning — but warn of...

02.08.2025 80

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In a polarized time, new chief rabbi envisions revamped Rabbinate with a wide embrace

From the Haredi draft to marriage and kashrut, top Ashkenazi cleric Kalman Ber says he believes love, unity and quiet action — rather than public...

01.08.2025 10

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2,000-year-old ‘Redemption of Zion’ coin reveals turmoil before Jerusalem’s destruction

Bronze coin minted in the fourth year of the Jewish Great Revolt against the Romans found by archaeologists excavating next to the Temple Mount

01.08.2025 50

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Tiny 2,600-year-old clay sealing inscribed with biblical name found in Temple Mount soil

Minuscule artifact discovered at the Jerusalem-based Temple Mount Sifting Project may reference an official who worked for King Josiah and who appears...

30.07.2025 40

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Rare intact 5,500-year-old Canaanite blade workshop unearthed in southern Israel

The Early Bronze Age site of Nahal Qomem near Kiryat Gat presents hundreds of artifacts, shedding new light on trade specialization in ancient Canaan

28.07.2025 40

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Roman-era gold jewelry found at Hippos testifies to wealth of city likely visited by Jesus

Although found out of context, unearthed ring and earrings shed light on ancient Galilean affluence in the first centuries of the Common Era

25.07.2025 20

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Veteran educator charts new spiritual path rooted in her Jerusalem garden

Yiscah Smith’s new book, ‘Planting Seeds of the Divine,’ blends Hasidic wisdom, personal transformation and contemplative practice

19.07.2025 30

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Study shows Neanderthal neighbors split on how to butcher, cooking up caveman culture

Humans occupying two caves in northern Israel approximately 60,000 years ago butchered their game in different ways despite living in similar...

18.07.2025 40

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Prominent Israeli rabbis back intervention in Syria on behalf of Druze

Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber and Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu issue statements stressing the bond between Israel and the Druze, describe...

17.07.2025 50

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Chief Rabbinate must open rabbinical tests to women, High Court rules

The ruling does not imply that women are entitled to be ordained as rabbis, but it offers unprecedented recognition to their Torah scholarship

15.07.2025 20

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New book by Reform rabbi broaches the most indigestible of Jewish questions

In ‘Living The Letters – An Alphabet of Emerging Jewish Thought,’ Israeli scholar Michael Marmur says future of Jewish state, modern Judaism...

12.07.2025 80

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Donkey bone study unlocks how Canaanites hauled ass from Egypt 4,700 years ago

Isotope teeth analysis from donkey skeletons at Gath shows valuable female asses were imported for ritual burial under homes, whereas local animals...

10.07.2025 50

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Prominent Haredi school to operate separate program for Sephardi girls – report

Development follows years of discrimination against students of Middle Eastern origin in ultra-Orthodox educational frameworks and vain attempts to...

08.07.2025 50

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Group of Europe-based imams visits Israel, bearing ‘message of peace’

Delegation meets President Herzog; will spend a week touring the country, and meeting military, political and religious authorities, victims of...

08.07.2025 100

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Iranian dissident poet in Israel prays recent war marks beginning of regime’s end

From Tehran’s prisons to Haifa’s shelters, Payam Feili, who fled his native country as a gay writer, expresses his concern for Iranians who oppose...

07.07.2025 50

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Who was buried in Salome’s cave: A disciple of Jesus, a midwife or a Jewish queen?

New research suggests that a burial site once venerated by Christian pilgrims likely belonged to a member of Herod’s dynasty rather than a New...

06.07.2025 40

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‘Israelis not welcome’: Milan Jews rattled by surge in antisemitic incidents

Anti-Jewish hate crimes in Italy nearly doubled in 2024, watchdog finds — but the local community says it still receives significant support from...

04.07.2025 30

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State turns blind eye as Haredi schools sidestep core curriculum, study reveals

Even when the Education Ministry intervened to withdraw funding from noncompliant schools, the cuts were minimal, Israel Democracy Institute report...

03.07.2025 30

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In Iraq, restored tomb of biblical prophet Nahum quietly attracts Jewish pilgrimage

Despite geopolitical tensions, dozens of Jews, including Israelis, have journeyed to shrine in Kurdish city of Alqosh since its rehabilitation in...

01.07.2025 50

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State’s plan for restored synagogue in Jerusalem’s Old City fuels fear of Haredi takeover

Ultra-Orthodox, Religious Zionist factions clash over management of rebuilt Tiferet Yisrael; critics fear site will be closed to public, exclude...

27.06.2025 60

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‘We had 10 minutes to pack our life’: Jerusalem hotel absorbs displaced Israelis – again

After Iran’s missile strike shattered their homes, hundreds of Holon residents find temporary shelter in the capital while juggling fear, resilience...

27.06.2025 50

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Enigmatic bronze lion heads found in 1,900-year-old tomb in central Israel

Discovered near Kfar Saba, the ornate coffin fittings may hint at ties to pagan cults — or a Roman soldier’s final journey

26.06.2025 20

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EU nations push for diplomacy after US strike on Iranian nuclear facilities

French foreign minister rejects Trump’s hint at regime change in Iran; German chancellor unequivocal in support for Israel and US actions

23.06.2025 10

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As Iran war heats up, World Central Kitchen gets cooking to feed battered Israelis

Year after IDF killed 7 of its workers in erroneous fire on Gaza convoy, aid group provides food to first responders, thousands displaced by missile...

23.06.2025 10

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Education Ministry shuts 80 ultra-Orthodox schools flouting war closure orders

Schools stayed open despite IDF Home Front Command shuttering all education sites amid missile danger from Iran; ministry orders them closed, halts...

23.06.2025 70

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From heart tissue to DNA samples, Weizmann scientists mourn work vaporized in Iran attack

Some 45 labs in the prestigious sciences center were damaged and might take years — and tens of millions — to rebuild. Multiple...

19.06.2025 10

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Shuttered Old City, lively Mahane Yehuda market share faith God shields the holy city from Iran

While the Western Wall and Temple Mount are closed off along with the rest of the ancient quarters for security reasons, the ‘shuk’ in the...

19.06.2025 60

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‘We’re all in this together’: Rome’s Jews rally to help Israelis stranded by Iran war

With Israel’s skies closed, local expats and institutions provide shelter, meals and medical help to hundreds stuck in the Eternal City — reviving...

18.06.2025 70

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News you can use: Five practical points about the Israel-Iran war

As Israel is being hit by Iranian missiles and the toll of deaths and injuries rises, life has mostly come to a standstill. Here’s what you should...

16.06.2025 40

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‘I’m lucky to be alive,’ Rehovot resident says after missile strikes by her home

84-year-old Deborah Fait was woken by sirens and booms; her house was heavily damaged, but she and her neighbors were unharmed

16.06.2025 20

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Chief rabbis call on public to adhere to IDF guidelines, stay home from synagogues

Shas party’s ruling Council of Torah Sages calls on Israelis to pray and for yeshiva students to increase their Torah study, without specifying if...

13.06.2025 100

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Muslims are world’s fastest-growing religious group; Jews far below pre-Holocaust numbers

Demographer Sergio DellaPergola says it will take another 10 to 20 years for world Jewry to fully regain 1930s level, predicts most Jews will live...

09.06.2025 30

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Archaeologists find unique 1,700-year-old sarcophagus depicting booze battle with a god

A marble coffin with vivid carvings of a fabled face-off between Heracles and Dionysus discovered in Caesarea is the sole example in the region and...

09.06.2025 30

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New study revolutionizes Dead Sea Scrolls dating, might rewrite Israel’s history

Trailblazing interdisciplinary system, combining AI and radiocarbon dating, indicates the precious artifacts may have been written decades – or even...

06.06.2025 90

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Who wrote the Bible? A pioneering new algorithm may shatter scholarly certitude

Breakthrough method analyzes word distribution to clarify origins of biblical passages — including disputed stories in Genesis, Samuel and Esther

06.06.2025 100

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US judge halts deportation of Egyptian family of Boulder hostage rally attack suspect

Attorney for wife and children of Mohamed Sabry Soliman argues they should not be punished for his action; US Homeland Security says they are...

05.06.2025 80

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Prehistoric elephant jerky? Early humans preserved megafauna meat in a smokehouse

New Israeli research suggests large game was smoked as early as 1.8 million years ago, a survival strategy that may have helped shape human evolution...

05.06.2025 80

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Codex Sassoon, oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, displayed in Israel after Oct. 7 delay

In time for Shavuot, the country also welcomes another centuries-old unique manuscript, the Shem Tov Bible, which too was once part of David Solomon...

30.05.2025 60

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‘Jerusalem is supposed to be cosmopolitan’: Hundreds attend interfaith peach march in capital

Religious leaders and ordinary citizens gather outside Old City as response to unrest during nationalist Flag March and to mark 600 days since Gaza...

29.05.2025 50

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Ahead of Shavuot, thousands of converts remain unrecognized by state, stuck in limbo

Knesset committee looks at difficulties faced by those seeking official acknowledgment of conversion, with only half of those who start process each...

29.05.2025 40

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For Messianic Jews in Jerusalem, Yaron Lischinsky’s murder was a personal loss

Marginalized in Israel, adherents of the controversial movement maintain the holiness of both the Bible and the Christian Gospel, placing an emphasis...

28.05.2025 30

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Kaleidoscopic 1,600-year-old monastery mosaic on display for first time in the Negev

Roaring lions, gazelles fleeing wolves and a farmer wiping sweat from his forehead are among the scenes from Byzantine Israel depicted on the artifact

27.05.2025 30

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Study finds growing numbers leaving Haredi community, but many staying religious

According to Out for Change survey, two-thirds of former ultra-Orthodox identify as observant or traditional and high numbers report still having good...

27.05.2025 20

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2nd gold ring found in City of David sheds light on enigmatic Hellenist era in Jerusalem

The artifacts might have been buried by a young girl on the eve of her wedding, but whether she was Judean, Greek or both remains a mystery

21.05.2025 20

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Meeting Jewish leaders, Pope Leo acknowledges challenges, reaffirms dialogue

‘Because of the Jewish roots of Christianity, all Christians have a special relationship with Judaism,’ the pope says, addressing...

20.05.2025 40

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