JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The history of the ground where the Dome of the Rock stands is one of repeated conquest and destruction. The area was first settled by the Canaanites some 4,000 years ago. Jews ...
At a time when lies about Israel spread with alarming speed across campuses, social media, and international forums, it is ...
Archaeologists recently examined a set of ancient wooden beams discovered in Jerusalem that may date back nearly three thousand years. At first glance the timbers appeared unremarkable. They carried ...
Jerusalem appears in the Jewish Bible 669 times and Zion 154 times, and not once by name in the Qu'ran. Denial of Jewish ...
Tisha B’Av – Judaism’s holy day of mourning for the ancient destruction of the First and Second Jewish Temples in Jerusalem – was last Tuesday, and had special relevance for today’s conflict between ...
If you think you know the story of Jerusalem, think again. There are the stories in the newspapers, there are the stories politicians will tell you, and then there’s the real story. The underground ...
In many Jewish communities, Jerusalem Day goes unnoticed. The liberation of Jerusalem is no longer celebrated as a miracle or even as a historic achievement. How did we lose our way so quickly?
The Western Wall — it is the holiest place in the world for members of the Jewish faith. Traditionally, Jewish worshippers would leave written prayers in the cracks of the wall, and you still can. But ...
In “Civilization and Its Discontents,” Freud compared memory and its recovery to the archaeology of Rome. The visitor cannot see the earlier layers of civilization, but the guidebook says where they ...
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