“While modern Israel is accused by some of land-grabbing and settler colonialism, what happened in San Remo in 1920 was precisely the opposite,” said the founding director of the European Coalition for Israel.
The tomb of Rav Ashi, a Babylonian sage, is located inside an IDF military outpost on the Blue Line between the two countries.
Rav Ashi was laid to rest in the Upper Galilee near the present site of Kibbutz Manara.
“Whether they were directly involved in rebellion is still an open question, but the implications of their case cannot be ignored.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Jewish grave marker dating to the 13th century is the oldest found in the South Asian country.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Dov Broder's 95-year-old widow was informed on Saturday night.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The current building dates to the late 19th century, though the synagogue’s origins trace all the way back to Maimonides and the Middle Ages.
Among the Jewish heritage sites near biblical Jericho are the Hasmonean Winter Palaces, King Herod’s Third Palace, a Byzantine-era synagogue dating back to the 6th or 7th Century CE, ritual baths, and nearby burial caves used by priests of the Second Temple.
This July 18th marks 100 years since Ze'ev Jabotinsky's formative essay "The Iron Wall",
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Among the items found was a stone tablet containing a portion of the Ten Commandments.
In 1863, the day of Shabbat, July 4, Independence Day, fell on the first day of the three weeks, Tammuz 17, but because it was Shabbat, as is the case this year, 2019, the fast was pushed off to Sunday.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A photo from the 28-page, Hebrew manuscript shows the end of the book of Joshua and the beginning of Judges.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
On May 13, 1948, the day before Israel declared independence, Jordan’s Arab Legion with the help of local Arabs massacred 129 Jews at Kfar Etzion.
Thousand-year-old Codex Sassoon manuscript is expected to fetch up to $50 million at Sotheby’s.
“It’s good that, finally, we have an Azerbaijani embassy in Israel.”
"Armenia used to be majority Azerbaijani. These people need to return to their homeland.”
“Iran will be fragmented,” Dr. Kedar predicts. “It is only a matter of time – and casualties, unfortunately.”
"It was an act of bravery, and we, the Jewish people, owe his offspring a debt of gratitude."
Guaranteed to be a best-seller, former (and future?) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his new autobiography is coming out.
Renowned Swiss architect Mario Botta designed the building.
A plastered water cistern was uncovered near the same villa.
“It’s not just about winning military battles. It’s about having moral footings that come with being a believer in following a religious path,” said former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
The 18th century manuscript includes details from the first 130 years of the Portuguese Inquisition in Lisbon.
The findings shed light on the beginnings of the historical process that took place in the northern Negev with the introduction of Islam.
The aqueduct remained the main source of water for Jerusalem until 1917.
“The farmstead was probably abandoned suddenly due to impending danger.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The Jewish community is an integral part of Greek identity, a fact that has been too often denied for centuries,” Greece’s Chief Rabbi Gabriel Negrin said at the exhibition’s inauguration ceremony. “This history should be passed on to future generations in order to combat ignorance and prejudice.”
The Port of Cartegena was the last place in the Iberian Peninsula seen by Jews who departed Spain by sea in 1492 in the Expulsion.
The researchers were were surprised to find remnants of the exotic spice vanilla from 2600 years ago.
On the occasion of International Forestry Day, the Jewish National Fund revealed these rare historic images.
By Hanan Greenwood / Israel Hayom
The sixteenth-century missive, found in the binding of another old volume, seeks to enlist Rabbi Isaac Luria Ashkenazi’s support in raising money for the Jews of the Holy Land.
The pages come from the 1492 edition of Arba'ah Turim, one of the most important works of Halakha.
The bus will allow easy access to students, educators, police, faith groups, and professionals to critical training on anti-Semitism, racism, bullying, stereotyping, hate, and intolerance.
The new, free collection includes images of 1,600 manuscripts, dozens of rare photos, and color footage taken after the Six-Day War.
The underwater remains also include rare personal effects of the shipwreck victims.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The museum is located next to the Maghain Aboth Synagogue, Asia’s second-largest and Southeast Asia’s oldest synagogue.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The majority of materials were taken in July 1942 from Thessaloniki, which once had a thriving Jewish community.
The letter was written when Einstein was living in Princeton, New Jersey, several years after the Nazi rise to power and his decision never to return to Germany.
This is a very significant historic discovery, as Scrolls of Esther inscribed during that time period by women are few, and it sheds light on the important position that religious women occupied in Italian Jewish community life.
“Give me an example of one Muslim state with possibly the exception of Morocco, where Jews and other religions live and prosper as minorities."
Construction began about 80 meters away from the walls of the city of Lachish, close to where stones required for the ramp could be quarried.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It showcases a historical collection dedicated to the Dreyfus affair, including more than 500 documents, objects, photographs, songs, posters and other items.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Original documents belonging to Yemenite Olim from the 1880s who lived in Kfar HaShiloach were recently discovered and brought to light.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
As opposed to his two previous trips to Israel, the one in 1971 was accompanied by more fanfare, including a lavish reception in Jerusalem.
The Jewish cultural organization that let go of this treasure said they were forced into it because of their steep debts.
“The discovery of ancient finds by swimmers and leisure divers is a growing phenomenon in recent years, with the increasing popularity of these sports.”
“Presidents Obama and Clinton's mistake was that they thought there could be democracy in Egypt,” Kara explained.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Many forget that the holiday, which begins a few days after Yom Kippur, also fell during the height of the fighting.
Fizuli, on Iran's border, was one of the cities that were destroyed during the First Karabakh War.
By 2007, KKl-JNF owned 13% of the total land in Israel.
Some loved the dish, while others politely declared it to be “an acquired taste.”
Biden's previous claims of unanimity among his military advisors unravel and a new chart showing the vast weaponry left to the Taliban goes viral.
As Ramat Ha-Sharon approaches its centenary year, evidence is emerging that its history is far more ancient than was previously assumed.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Professor Andrew Porwancher said he believes Hamilton’s mother, Rachel Faucette, who was born a Christian in the British Caribbean, converted to Judaism to marry a Jewish merchant named Johan Levine.
In 1972, fewer than 6% of Israelis held an academic degree. In 2018, on average, 15% do.
The body was found near Ammunition Hill as work was being done for the Jerusalem Light Rail.
Israel sold Azerbaijan SandCat-Stormer armored vehicles with 12.7 mm NSV machine guns, anti-tank guided missiles SPIKE-ER, NLOS, LAHAT, 120 mm SPEAR mortars, and numerous UAVs.
"When we excavated the structure and uncovered an 8th century BCE layer of destruction."
On Av 10, 5765 the Ariel Sharon government uprooted thousands of Jews from the Gaza Strip.
By Israel Hayom
Forty-five years after the Entebbe rescue operation, friends and family gather at the gravesite of Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, who lost his life leading the mission.
33,771 Jewish victims were shot at Babyn Yar by the Nazis and their Ukrainian minions during just two days, September 29 and 30, 1941.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Initial bidding for the newspaper clipping that contains the letter, which is said to be in “very good condition,” begins at $18,000.
"The San Remo Conference is maybe the most unknown conference in Israel."
The Chain of Generations Center has been completely revamped to include enhanced, integrated content using state-of-the-art technology.
The advent of the vaccines, coupled with Israel's vast vaccination campaign, assisted by Israelis and Jews who hold prominent positions in vaccine-making companies, reinforced the anti-Semitic responses.
Bullets and grenades from 1948 were discovered in a garden.
"Did you know that in 1915 the Armenian genocide was organized by Jews?”
International Women’s Day in Azerbaijan is about revering mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters because they are holy, as he puts it.
Hundredsof hours of singular audio recordings, photos and slides from fifty years of research.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Germany’s Ministry of Culture spokesman said the tombstones “are centuries-old evidence of Jewish roots and tradition in Mainz.”
In the letter, the pre-Communist era leader calls Zionism "one of the greatest movements of the present time."
Unawareness about Holocaust history poses a challenge for TikTok, as 41 percent of the video-sharing network’s users are between ages 16 and 24.
Yoram Haimi, Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologist: “I have been excavating this site for ten years, but today I broke down.”
“This global crisis created a far more accepting culture for the role digital media must play in remembrance.”
By dvora
On December 11, the second day of Chanukah, British troops marched into Jerusalem. British commander and chief, General Edmund Allenby respectfully entered its walls by foot through the Jaffa gate as the city’s thirty-fourth conqueror.
It has been suggested that the menorah may have been a motif related to the Temple and the priesthood that served in it during this time.
The signers committed to teaching what unites Jews and Arabs and will become hubs of people-to-people cooperation and partnerships.
Perhaps the two most moving items in the collection are a pair of notes found in her dress following her execution: the last poem she ever wrote and a personal letter to her mother.
In a time when it’s hard to focus on the future as the present seems so uncertain, the Tower of David Museum is proud to announce the start of a $40 million renewal plan.
"Anti-Semitism and racism threaten our society as a whole, they endanger our values and our democracy."
The online conference, titled "The Land that I Will Show You," will run Sunday, October 25, through Wednesday, October 28.
Mom, I Made It to Jerusalem!
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It was found in a manuscript written just after the Expulsion, which was likely used by Catalonian exiles living in Provence.
Recognizing past earthquakes can be extremely challenging in the archaeological record, especially at sites where there isn’t much stone masonry and degradable construction materials.
It was the day that changed America. It won't be the same again.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Tzfat was considered a major city for commercial and cultural activities with ties to the Jewish communities in Damascus, Aleppo and all Mediterranean cities.
The long memory of the Jewish People in the service of science.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
In the summer of 2005, the State of Israel left the Gaza Strip and the north of Samaria while expelling some 10,000 Israelis who lived there.
In the City of David, the place where Jerusalem began, the evidence of those periods and their tragic end are being revealed, bringing to light all that was lost and the incredible endeavors to reveal and rebuild our beloved and eternal capital.
NCYI President Farley Weiss condemned the marchers who “desperately seek justice and an end to racism" and "are themselves engaging in abhorrent and hypocritical behavior that fans the flames of bigotry and hate.”
Asara B’Teves, the 10th of Teves, commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar that ultimately culminated with the First Temple’s destruction on the 9th of Av the following year.
The new promises of new construction for the Jews of Hebron offered by Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.
The ancient Semitic Aramaic language once dominated the Middle East, and today is spoken by only a few and read by those who study the Talmud, which is written in pseudo-Aramaic.
By dvora
Over six thousand Jews managed to escape along with their 686 non-Jewish relatives, while 464 of the 580 who remained behind were deported to Theresienstadt.
The PA's governor of Shechem claimed the ancient Jewish site is threatened by the occupation and settlers.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Chiune Sempo Sugihara issued between 2,100 and 3,500 transit visas and saved some 6,000 Jews, papers which later came to be known as “visas for life.”
By Sean Durns
In 1937, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Amin al-Husseini released an “Appeal to All Muslims of the World,” urging them “to cleanse their lands of the Jews” and laying the foundation for the anti-Semitic arguments used by radical Arab nationalists and Islamists to this day.
In 1863, the day of Shabbat, July 4, Independence Day, fell on the first day of the three weeks, Tammuz 17, but because it was Shabbat, as is the case this year, 2019, the fast was pushed off to Sunday.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Dr. Roque Pugliese and Dr. Ivana Pezzoli, both of whom are Bnei Anousim, descendants of Iberian Jews forcibly converted during the 14th and 15th centuries, were married last week.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
This is the first collaboration between an Israeli museum and one of the largest and most highly regarded museums in the world, the BLMJ underscored.