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Politics / Government / Elections / The Knesset / Aliyah / Geulah

Happy Aliya Day, Everybody!

By JNi.Media

Strangely enough, the Knesset legislation known as the Aliyah Day Act 5776-2016 states that on the 7th of Cheshvan the country will celebrate the Israelites' entrance into the Land of Israel on the 10th of Nissan.

Headline / Jerusalem / Archaeology

Ancient Mikveh Discovered While Excavating Foundation for Western Wall Elevator

By Jewish Press News Desk

Visitors taking the elevator to the Kotel will be able to see the ancient Jewish ritual bath.

Israel / Archaeology

Second Synagogue from Temple Era Excavated in Migdal near the Kinneret

By Jewish Press News Desk

This is the first time that two synagogues have been found in a single settlement from the Second Temple period.

Featured / Jerusalem / Archaeology

Girl, 11, Finds Rare Silver Coin, 2000-Years-Old, Minted at the Temple

By Jewish Press News Desk

The girl came with her family to the Emek Tzurim Sifting Project in Jerusalem.

Featured / Israel / Archaeology

Incredible Second Temple-Era Amethyst Seal Found Under the Kotel

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The amethyst seal was discovered at The Sifting Project while examining soil samples from the base of the Western Wall.

Featured / Jerusalem / Archaeology

Second Temple Period Quarry Uncovered in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jerusalem’s ancient quarries were the main source of building stones for monumental construction projects in the city, such as the Temple Mount.

Israel / Russia

Putin Receives 2,000-Year-Old Coin Uncovered in Jerusalem

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Unlike Naama Issachar, Putin won't be arrested for trying to take the coin out of Israel.

Featured / Jewish / Politics / Government / History / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion

Is It Time to Stop Fasting on the 17th of Tamuz?

By JNi.Media

It appears that in order to revoke an ancient law such as the fast of Tamuz 17, there really has to be a major consensus among all of us that the time of joy and gladness is here again.

Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Archaeology

Exceptionally Rare Jewish Coins Found in Temple Mount Excavation

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Five exceptionally rare ancient coins from among the very first ever minted by Jews were discovered on the Temple Mount, evidence of Jewish activity at the Jewish holy site.

Featured / Jewish / History / Jerusalem / Archaeology

Amazing New Discoveries in Western Wall Tunnels, Including Ancient Theater

By JNi.Media

Excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered large portions of courses of the Western Wall that have been hidden for 1,700 years, including an ancient Roman theater.

Featured / Israel / History / On Campus / Education / Religion / Archaeology

Christian Archaeologists May Have Unearthed Lost Kinneret City of 3 Apostles

By JNi.Media

Because of the importance of the place to the Christian world, many scholars have been engaged in identifying its location.

Featured / Government / History / Jerusalem / Archaeology

Evidence Revealed of the Last Battle of Jerusalem from 2,000 Years Ago

By JNi.Media

On the Occasion of Jerusalem Day, the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Nature and Parks Authority revealed evidence of the last battle of Jerusalem from 2,000 Years Ago.

Featured / Jewish / Government / History / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

Innovative Temple Mount Sifting Project Facing Termination over Funding

By JNi.Media

The Temple Mount Sifting Project was established following the illegal removal of 9,000 tons of earth from the Temple Mount by Israel's Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement and the Waqf.

Israel / History / News Briefs / Religion / Archaeology

Hebrew University Archaeologists Find 12th Dead Sea Scrolls Cave

By JNi.Media

'This is one of the most exciting archaeological discoveries, and the most important in the last 60 years, in the caves of Qumran.'

Politics / Government / History / News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Archaeology / Judaism

IAA to Inaugurate New Mikvah Path at the Walls Around Jerusalem National Park

By JNi.Media

A new path running among two-thousand year old ritual baths that were used by pilgrims visiting the Temple Mount is to be inaugurated at the Ophel site in the Walls Around Jerusalem National Park.

Jewish / Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem / Aliyah / Geulah

Happy Aliya Day, Everybody!

By JNi.Media

Strangely enough, the Knesset legislation known as the Aliyah Day Act 5776-2016 states that on the 7th of Cheshvan the country will celebrate the Israelites' entrance into the Land of Israel on the 10th of Nissan.

Jewish / Politics / Government / History / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Archaeology

Excavation Reveals Spot Where Romans Breached Jerusalem’s Wall 2,000 Years Ago

By JNi.Media

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.

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion / Archaeology

Archaeologists Restore Second Temple Courtyard Flooring with Help from Mathematician

By JNi.Media

Frankie Snyder said he succeeded in restoring the ornate tile patterns “using geometric principles, and through similarities found in tile design used by Herod at other sites.”

Israel / Jewish / US / Global / History / News Briefs / Religion / Archaeology

UFO Religion Celebrates 'Swastika Rehabilitation Day'

By JNi.Media

The Raelians use the swastika as a symbol of peace, which has kept them from being allowed into Israel, where they wished to establish an embassy for extraterrestrials.

Photo of the Day

An Ancient Mikveh in Gush Etzion

By Photo of the Day

My son in elementary school tells me that this is a photo of the steps leading down to an ancient Mikveh from the Second Temple period. It's located on Derech Avot (the path of the Patriarchs) in Gush Etzion.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion

Only 0.3% of Yearly Visitors to Temple Mount Are Jews

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Muslims accuse Jews of trying to take over the Temple Mount, but statistics prove it is a lie.

News Briefs / Photo of the Day / Jerusalem / Archaeology

Old Meets New

By Photo of the Day

While building in Arnona, a 2000-year-old Mikvah was found, but what was found in the Mikvah was even more interesting...

Israel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Judaism

Archaeologists Discover that Ancient Dead Sea Scroll Is Chapter of Leviticus

By Jewish Press Staff

Modern technology has led experts to decipher a burnt scroll as the first chapter of Leviticus.

Haredim & Hassidim / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Judaism

Shas MK Begins 'Three Week's with 'Senseless Hate' against Reform Jews

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He refuses to consider Reform Jews as "Jews" but "welcomes them with love and joy" to be just like him.

Jewish / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion

Freedom of Worship on Temple Mount: Gazan Arabs, 190; Jews, 0

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel allowed 190 Arabs from Gaza to pray at the Al Aqsa mosque on Friday.

Israel / News Briefs / Archaeology / Judaism

Fragment of 1,700-Year-Old Menorah-Adorned Bracelet Discovered on Hanukkah

By Jewish Press Staff

The question now is this definite proof that Jews lived in the ancient settlement near Carmel?

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Archaeology / Israeli Arabs

Arabs Caught Red-Handed Stealing Second Temple Coffins

By Jewish Press Staff

The Jews who were ready to buy Second Temple history are no less guilty than the Arabs who stole and tried to sell it.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Archaeology

PA Archaeological Thief Caught Red-Handed Digging Up Artifacts

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Archaeological artifacts are some of Israel’s most cherished treasures. They also are cherished by thieves, but the Antiquities Authority has caught one of them, a PA Arab, red-handed.

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Archaeology

Archaeologists Find 2,000-Year-Old Evidence of Siege in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press Staff

History records the siege of Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, but archaeologists never have found evidence of the famine that plagued Jews – until now.

Antisemitism / Europe / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem / Religion / Archaeology

BBC Yanked Israeli Film on Jewish Exodus from Jerusalem (video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The BBC strikes again. Known for its bias against Israel, it said that a documentary claiming that man “Palestinians” of today actually are descendants of Jews did “not fit editorially.” How true.

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion / Archaeology

A Rare Second Temple Period Mikveh Discovered in Jerusalem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israeli archaeologists love highway contractors. Excavation for new roads frequently digs up history, and this time they struck it rich, finding a rare mikveh from the late Second Temple Period.

Felafel on Rye

Mashiach Now!

By Tzvi Fishman

Some people don’t realize that Mashiach’s coming is a process that evolves over time. These people want everything to be finished at the start. They say that when Mashiach comes and does all the work of rebuilding the Land of Israel, and gathers all of the exiled Jews to Israel, and fights the wars of Hashem, and rebuilds the Beit HaMikdash, then they will come on aliyah. First, everything has to be perfect. First, the Mashiach has to do all the work.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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