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How did biblical Judeans track time? Trove of 6th-century BCE inscriptions offers clues

How did biblical Judeans track time? Trove of 6th-century BCE inscriptions offers clues

New analysis of 2,600-year-old Tel Arad ostraca suggests Iron Age soldiers tracked months, days, and supplies with sophisticated numerical systems

14.10.2025 40

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Hamas stages video calls between hostages, families in lieu of handover ceremonies

Hamas stages video calls between hostages, families in lieu of handover ceremonies

Terror group’s military wing connects captives to their loved ones in Israel hours before their release; at least one family said to refuse call

13.10.2025 60

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‘Ready for you:’ Hostage families prepare for loved ones’ return on last night apart

‘Ready for you:’ Hostage families prepare for loved ones’ return on last night apart

Relatives of captives set to be released on Monday share their last-minute preparations as they ready suitcases and care packages

13.10.2025 40

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At ‘priestly blessing’ in Jerusalem, prayers, hope and ‘mixed feelings’ over hostage deal

At ‘priestly blessing’ in Jerusalem, prayers, hope and ‘mixed feelings’ over hostage deal

Tens of thousands gather at the holy site to attend the service and celebrate the festival of Sukkot. Among them are ex-hostages, families of...

10.10.2025 60

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In first, three shipwrecks from biblical times uncovered off the coast of Israel

In first, three shipwrecks from biblical times uncovered off the coast of Israel

Only 11 ships from the Iron Age had been previously found in the Mediterranean; discovery provides evidence of maritime trade under the Kingdom of...

08.10.2025 70

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Archaeologists unearth 1,500-year-old synagogue below abandoned Syrian village in Golan

Archaeologists unearth 1,500-year-old synagogue below abandoned Syrian village in Golan

A team from the University of Haifa and Kinneret College identify an ancient wall facing Jerusalem and some 150 synagogue items, including a stone...

05.10.2025 10

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Nearing Gaza, ‘peace’ flotilla rocks Italy, throwing government into political storm

Nearing Gaza, ‘peace’ flotilla rocks Italy, throwing government into political storm

Rome reels from the fallout of the Middle East conflict, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attempting to steer a course between domestic pressure and...

30.09.2025 10

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Breaking ground without digging: In first, archaeologists ‘X-ray’ Jerusalem’s hidden layers

Breaking ground without digging: In first, archaeologists ‘X-ray’ Jerusalem’s hidden layers

Israeli researchers use muon detectors, which detect elementary particles akin to heavy electrons, to reveal subterranean cavities; hope method will...

29.09.2025 70

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14th-century ‘machzor’ book at Israel’s National Library reveals lost Yom Kippur prayers

Newly digitized prayer book from Crimea’s Kaffa rite preserves liturgical poems unknown elsewhere, giving a glimpse of traditions lost when prayers...

26.09.2025 70

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Fabulous 1,400-year-old trove of gold coins sheds light on Galilee Christian city’s demise

Metal detector beeps lead archaeologists to nearly 100 coins and jewelry hidden during the 7th-century Sassanid invasion at Hippos (Sussita),...

25.09.2025 10

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Rare proof of Galilee’s forgotten 4th-century Jewish Revolt revealed in hidden coin hoard

22 bronze coins found secreted in Huqoq near the Sea of Galilee show Jews used subterranean hideaways during the little-known Gallus Revolt of 351 CE

19.09.2025 10

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In St. Peter’s Square, pilgrims hail new ‘Millennial’ saint, unaware of anti-Jewish undertones

Chief rabbi of Rome says it’s unsurprising many know little of the Church’s history of antisemitism, but focusing on newly canonized Carlo...

18.09.2025 60

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Ancient Levant farmers used irrigation to thrive amid millennia of drought, study shows

International scholars find that Bronze and Iron Age farmers proved resilient in the face of climate change, cultivating grapes and olives in...

18.09.2025 20

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Computers taught to read Dead Sea Scrolls in hunt for clues hidden from human eyes

By combining multispectral imaging with computer vision methods, Tel Aviv University researchers give scholars new tools to read, match, and study the...

13.09.2025 60

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‘Oldest organ in Christendom’ makes music in Jerusalem after centuries of silence

A team of researchers studied and restored dozens of organ pipes crafted some 1,000 years ago for Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, which are now...

12.09.2025 30

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Ministry sanctions Haredi schools for refusing Sephardi students; 55 still stuck at home

With new sanctions and hearings looming, officials confront entrenched bias in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh that has left entire 9th-grade classes...

10.09.2025 10

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Unburied treasures: Israel unveils online database of 4 million archaeological finds

Antiquities Authority archive offers scholars and the public free access to artifacts, images and 3D models of sites, making Israel’s trove of...

10.09.2025 30

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‘Many opinions, one heart’ rally seeks to chart different way to stand with the hostages

Some 150 participants gather in Jerusalem to connect over what unites Israelis rather than the divisions among them: ‘Bringing the hostages home...

04.09.2025 50

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Mosaics, mikvehs and oil lamps found at grand estate shed new light on ancient Samaritans

Unprecedented 4th century site recently uncovered by archaeologists in central Israel offers insights into the life of the Israelite sect — and...

03.09.2025 100

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For the 1st time, religious 1st-graders in Israel outnumber secular ones by thousands

Education Ministry data also shows 5,000 fewer children are enrolled in secular schools in the upcoming year compared to 2023; experts warn of...

01.09.2025 70

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Ruins revealed by wildfire boost Galilean site’s claim as New Testament’s Bethsaida

3-day blaze clears vegetation concealing parts of el-Araj on northern shore of Sea of Galilee, adding kindling to theory that location was hometown of...

30.08.2025 80

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Orthodox Church in Gaza City ordered to evacuate by Israeli army

Church leaders have vowed that clergy and nuns won’t leave, will stay to assist those who cannot flee, as IDF plans Gaza City conquest

27.08.2025 30

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Huge dam shows ancient Jerusalem adapted to climate change with advanced engineering

C-14 dating finds vast structure was built in 805–795  BCE; peer-reviewed study matches biblical narrative, reveals Jerusalem’s wealth, power...

27.08.2025 10

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Were King David’s Israelites the first Startup Nation? Bronze bonanza spotlights tech skills

Earliest evidence of bronze production in Southern Levant from 3,000 years ago indicates use of local copper from Arava desert, possibly during United...

26.08.2025 40

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10 dead from Israeli strikes on Yemen’s capital, Houthi-run health ministry says

Iran-backed rebels says number of wounded has climbed to 102 and includes 7 children and 3 women after IDF said Houthis fired cluster bomb at Israel...

26.08.2025 50

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Haredi lawmakers said pressing PM to allow draft dodgers to fly abroad for High Holidays

Deri aims to lift travel ban on draft evaders so they can make annual Ukraine pilgrimage; Goldknopf wants them to be able to visit NY, calling trips a...

26.08.2025 50

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Tel Aviv synagogue contract sparks political storm over gender, prayer rights

City says non-discrimination clause won’t affect Orthodox practice, but lawyers warn it could expose synagogues on municipal land to lawsuits

25.08.2025 10

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Archaeologists dig in against antiquities bill aiming to deepen Israel’s hold on West Bank

A push to shift oversight of excavations in the territory to a civilian authority sparks worries of creeping annexation, with researchers in the field...

23.08.2025 50

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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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