Second Temple
One of the Dead Sea Scrolls' greatest mysteries may have finally been solved by Israeli researcher
For decades, scholars have wondered if Qumran’s 364-day year calender had ever been used in practice or if it served only as a theoretical framework.
IAA reveals new study focused on ancient Jerusalem bullae in honor of Israel Excellence Week
Project to make Tel Hebron’s Second Temple mikveh accessible to visitors nearly complete, INPA says
Rare half-shekel coin used in biblical census count discovered by archaeologists in Judean Desert
2,000-year-old ‘Freedom of Zion’ coin unearthed in Jerusalem stuns Milei
“The roots of Judaism and Christianity, followed today by billions of people around the world, originate right here — from Jerusalem.”
'Letters from Home': Exploring tension among Jews in in the Second Temple era - review
The relationship between the Jewish communities of Egypt and Israel created an underlying tension, not unlike the modern-day relationship between world Jewry and the Jews of the State of Israel.
The essence of Purim was never the Diaspora. It was always Jerusalem - opinion
The events in Shushan were never merely about the Jews of Persia. Just a few years before Esther’s miraculous rise, we had begun our return to Jerusalem, laying the foundations of the Second Temple.
The Finger of Og or Herod's Pillar? A Jerusalem archaeological mystery
The 12.15-meter-long and approximately 1.75-m -wide column is thought to have been quarried in order to decorate the Second Temple.
Ancient Jewish quarter of Phanagoria discovered in Black Sea area of Russia
Phanagoria's 1st century BCE synagogue was discovered last year, following excavations on the ancient Greek city.
Jerusalem in its glory: Reconstructing the Sukkot pilgrimage to the Second Temple
What was the pilgrims’ visit to Jerusalem on Sukkot during the Second Temple like?
A letter to Lebanon: Could Northern Arrows free Lebanon from Hezbollah? - opinion
Center Field: A breakthrough in Beirut could lead to a regional turnaround with Tehran, something in everyone's best interest.
Our future is at risk if level of hatred among us is not reduced - opinion
We believe that the most important lesson of Jewish history is that an independent Jewish state is not something that can be taken for granted.
Hopefully this will be the first and last 'real' Tisha B'Av after October 7 - opinion
For the first time, I truly understood what it means to mourn for the destruction of the Temple, for the loss of our homeland, and for the countless lives that have been taken in the name of hatred.
Ancient lamps that may have been used by Jewish rebels unearthed in Jerusalem
Within the soil, researchers unearthed pottery lamps which can be dated to the end of the Second Temple era, with soot residue indicating the fire that burned in them.
