Tanakh

Clay cylinders found in Iraq bear writings of Babylonian king who besieged Jerusalem, study reveals

The translation appears to align with a description of Nebuchadnezzar from the Book of Daniel, which depicts him walking on his palace roof in Babylon while boasting of his construction projects.

3D scan of cylinder found in ancient city of Kish, Iraq, bearing inscriptions believed to have belonged to Nebuchadnezzar II, April 11, 2026.
VIEW OF snow on Mount Hermon in Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights, in Jan.

Beyond the Golan: The Israeli case for reclaiming southern Syria's Bashan - opinion

YEMEI IYUN B’Tanach offered 140 lectures on different Bible stories over four days.

Learning ‘Tanach’ together at annual Torah conference

 Winner of the contest, Elad Yanir receiving his award from Israeli politicians

Elad Yanir wins International Bible Quiz for 2025


Judaism is the foundation of Israel, not democracy, former chief rabbi claims

The conference, entitled "Reconnecting," brought together Knesset members on the left and the right with the aim of fostering dialogue.

 Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, chief rabbi of Tel Aviv at a Menorah Lighting Ceremony on the fourth night  of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, at the Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv, December 1, 2021.

This New York Jew left Tel Aviv hi-tech for teaching Tanach in Jerusalem

How did Rebecca Steiner, the hi-tech professional, wind up in Kadita, a small ecological village in central Galilee after over two years in Tel Aviv?

 Rebecca Steiner, 30 From New York to Safed, 2018

A Jewish governor needed a Tanakh to be sworn in, Jewish educators came to his rescue

With 30 minutes to swearing-in, people attending the inauguration for Polis, put out frantic calls to Denver’s Jewish community.

Jared Polis

Where is biblical Goliath buried? Perhaps where Jesus was crucified

No excavations have been carried out as of yet - the proposed area is quite literally within the confines of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

 David with the Head of Goliath

Jerusalem's Rabbi Benny Lau works to bring the Bible back to the people

Jerusalem Rabbi Benny Lau, scion of one of the finest rabbinic families in Israel, leads the 929 Tanach B’Yachad Bible study initiative.

 Rabbi Benny Lau: ‘To teach the Tanach, this is the goal I have set myself.’

Meet the rabbi behind a new transliterated Chumash for Romanians

Rabbi Sorin Rosen has been working for seven years trying to finish his transliterated version of the Chumash into Romanian for the Jewish community in Romania.

Bucharest, Romania

Herzog College: Bible study days inspire and connect on campus, online

Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Brandes: “Every profession has its annual conference, and the Yemei Iyun B’Tanach is where Tanach teachers come from all over the globe for inspiration and mentorship.”

 Part of the crowd at Herzog College’s Yemei Iyun.

Int'l Bible Contest for Youth held in person for 1st time since COVID-19

Chidon Ha’tanach, the International Bible Contest for Youth, takes place annually on Israel’s Independence Day.

 Contestants from around the world at the Jewish Agency building, meeting with Yaakov Hagoel.

Mishpatim: Murder hornets in Israel

Jewish history is all about patterns – what happened before is bound to happen again.

 A RADIO tracking device fitted by entomologists is seen on an Asian giant hornet before it led researchers to a colony in a tree near Blaine, Washington, in October.

The Magerman edition of the Koren Tanach is a landmark event

The beauty, felicity and scholarship inherent in Sacks’s rendering of the Torah into elegant modern English are apparent on every one of its 498 pages.

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks