(RNS) — The German-Jewish title with ancient roots is granted to those who exhibit significant spiritual and material leadership in their community. (RNS) — “Chaver,” an honorific with origins in ...

Because of its importance not just to Jews, but to the West, excavating the City of David has engendered much hostility, ...

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is an ancient Jewish celebration of religious freedom which has been observed for over 2,000 years. Hanukkah is still celebrated by Jews all over the ...

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The Hasmonean Palaces, damaged by graffiti and looting, will open to visitors during the holiday following restoration efforts.The post Ancient Jewish site damaged by vandalism to reopen during Chanuk ...

A series of documents dating back to the fifth century B.C. bringing to light the record of the ancient Jewish community that existed on the island of Elephantine in the upper Nile in Egypt have been ...

This mosaic featuring fish was likely laid down in A.D. 300 in what is now the Israeli town of Lod. Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0 In 2017, archaeologist Yonatan Adler ...

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 10 - A unique ancient Jewish bathhouse or mikveh has been found at Rome's ancient port of Ostia Antica.

Extracting ancient DNA from teeth, an international group of scientists peered into the lives of a once-thriving medieval Ashkenazi Jewish community in Erfurt, Germany. The findings show that the ...

MADRID (JTA) — Beneath a sprawling 14th-century building with moss-furrowed terrace walls and interiors painted in garish strokes of purple and yellow lie what could be the remains of Spain’s ...

“Epiphany of Queen Esther” by Los Angeles-based artist Shahin Dardashti (shahinart.com). This time of year, many non-Persian Jewish friends remind me that as an Iranian Jew, “my holiday” is just ...

An ancient Jewish text has been discovered and returned 80 years after it was looted from a Hungarian seminary during the occupation of the Nazis in 1944. An announcement by the U.S. Attorney's Office ...