Israel is planning to expel residents of the ancient West Bank town of Sebastia to create a national park for settlers.

Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is ...

The site is widely identified with the ancient village of Bet Zecharia, where the Seleucid army and the forces of Judah ...

Sephardi Jews flourished for centuries in Muslim Spain and Portugal, creating a luminous culture of poetry, science, and ...

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A sneak peek at some of the fabulous family activities happening in Jerusalem this Hanukkah. Hanukkah is a magical time in ...

One of the issues causing grave concern for the future of the GOP is the troubling rise of antisemitism within certain ...

Hanukkah, or Chanukah, pronounced Kha-nu-kah, began last evening, December 14, and ends on December 22. It is the Jewish ...

When the 3 rd -century Christian theologian Origen of Alexandria attempted to account for the unusual movements of the Star ...

Plans for a major visitor center at the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem promise education and security, but opponents say ...

Rabbi Abraham Unger, executive director of New Synagogue Palm Beach, said the holiday recognizes the survival of the Jewish ...