How 1970s Hassidic Hackers Created Worldwide Broadcast Network
This is the story of how a handful of young Hassidim set out to build a global communications network in the era before Periscope, Skype, VoIP, or even satellite or Cable TV.
Lost First-Temple Jewish City Discovered Under IDF Training Base
According to the finds, the site remained abandoned for years and resettled in the Byzantine period, by a Christian population.
Discovered: Ruins of Munich Synagogue Destroyed by the Nazis
Among the items found was a stone tablet containing a portion of the Ten Commandments.
Menorah Engraved on Tomb Façade May Date Back to Hasmonean Era
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.
Historic MOU Signed in Dubai to Preserve & Strengthen Jewish-Arab Heritage and Culture
The signers committed to teaching what unites Jews and Arabs and will become hubs of people-to-people cooperation and partnerships.
The Meaning of Today’s 10th of Tevet Fast
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.
PA Deletes Jewish History, Renames Signs in Key Sites in Judea and Samaria
New signs and website erase Jewish roots to key archaeological sites and nature reserves, reveals Regavim • Concerted effort, which includes renaming of sites, is in clear violation of 1995 interim agreement with Israel • Regavim: Israel must act.
1,000 Ancient Letter Seals Found in Beit Guvrin National Park
If a letter arrived with a broken bulla, it meant it had been opened.
Surprise: Uri Geller Museum Built Over Ancient Soap Factory, Vaults
"I intuited that there was something hidden there," Geller recalled.
Muslims and Jews Find Peace in Auschwitz
Aiman Mazyek, chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, advocates religious tolerance.
Initial Approval for Opening 1950s Adoption Files of Yemenite Children
The new bill seeks to permit a first-degree relative or guardian to review the adoption file of family members who have disappeared, been kidnapped or whose fate is unknown.
Honors for Last Member of Flight Crew to Bring Yemenite Jews to Israel
The 90-year-old from Oregon was honored at a May 30 event, where he was introduced as a "hero of Israel and the Jewish people."
New Book: Irgun and Arab Propaganda Inflated Deir Yassin Casualty Figures
"For reasons of psychological warfare, the Irgun reported that 200 Arabs had been killed, double the real number."
Israel’s History: When Golda Meir Endorsed Palestinian Citizenship
“Many Israelis, as well as Jews living all over the world with relatives in Israel, will be able to use these archives to find documentation and pictures of their loved ones."
Exhibition Explores the Movement to Free Soviet Jews
The exhibition opened last week on the 30th anniversary of “Freedom Sunday,” a momentous rally that took place on December 6, 1987, the day before Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev’s historic summit meeting with President Ronald Reagan.
‘Balfour at 100’ Exhibition Showing at the Knesset
The Jerusalem Biennale exhibition entitled Balfour at 100, featuring the artwork of three British artists, will be temporarily re-sited from its location in the Museum of Underground Prisoners into the Knesset.
This Day in History: November 1, 1478 – Launching the Spanish Inquisition
On November 1, 1478, Pope Sixtus IV issued the papal bull Exigit Sinceras Devotionis Affectus.
Germany To Fund Joint Bar-Ilan, Leipzig Universities Research Center
The Minerva Center for the Relations between Israel and Aram in Biblical Times: The Construct of Autonomous Decision Making and Interdependencies” the Minerva Center is being awarded by the Minerva Foundation.
PM Netanyahu Dons Yarmulke to Quote Genesis for UNESCO’s Benefit
'Against UNESCO's denial, Israel will present to the world the historical truth and the Jewish People's deep connection – of thousands of years – to Hebron.'
Temple Institute Issues Myth Buster: It Doesn’t Have to Fall from Heaven [video]
It turns out that the notion that the re-building of the Holy Temple is the sole responsibility of the Jewish people is the bedrock on which the Temple Institute was established.
Archaeological Digs in Nazi Death Camp Unearth Victims’ Personal Effects
A pendant discovered in Sobibór bears close resemblance to one owned by Anne Frank.
Minister Regev Presents 67 CE ‘Great Rebellion’ Coin at Cabinet Meeting
The coin bears on one side a vine leaf and the statement 'Freedom of Zion.' On the opposite side it bears a standing cup and the statement 'Second year of the great rebellion' – the year 67 CE.
Holocaust Banknote Forger Adolf Burger Dead at 99
He visited the Bank of England and met the Chief Cashier, who presented him with one of the notes which he had forged in the concentration camp more than sixty years earlier.
Netanyahu Matches Ben-Gurion’s Record for Consecutive Time in Office
Interestingly, Netanyahu’s most ardent foe these days, Ehud Barak, served the shortest term in office as Prime Minister: eight months and one day.
Excavation Reveals Spot Where Romans Breached Jerusalem’s Wall 2,000 Years Ago
Fascinating evidence of breaking through Jerusalem’s Third Wall at the end of the Second Temple period was discovered in an excavation where the new Bezalel campus will be built.
National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel Taking Shape in Jerusalem [video]
Among the many artifacts on display will be breathtaking mosaics, laboratories for the treatment of artifacts, the Dead Sea scrolls, intriguing, 7,000 year-old objects, and an audiovisual presentation projected in the National Treasures center.
The Golem Comes to Life in Berlin’s Jewish Museum [video]
The exhibition uses the golem figure to examine topics like creativity, creation, power, and redemption.
Document Shows Abbas Was KGB Agent
The timing of the revelation did not escape PA Arab representatives, who have been flooding Israeli media Thursday morning with profuse denials of the charges.
Pushkin Museum Exhibition Celebrating Leon Bakst’s 150th Birthday
Bakst preferred to live in western Europe because, as a Jew, he did not have the right to live permanently outside the Pale of Settlement. One of his students was Marc Chagall.
This Day in History: Prime Minister Netanyahu Wins in Direct Elections
20 years ago today, on May 29, 1996, Benjamin Netanyahu was voted in for the first time as Prime Minister of Israel, beating out Shimon Peres in direct elections.