To legitimize its custody of the manuscript, found in an Afghan cave, the Museum of the Bible invoked the Universal ...

Imagine my surprise when, reading the parasha, an ancient Hebrew woman jumped right out ... for this terrible chapter in our people’s history. But this one reflected our deepest, most desperate ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare and significant ritual structure in the eastern section of the City of David, located within the Jerusalem Walls National Park. The ancient site, dated to the ...

An additional cave carved into the edge of the structure housed objects also dating to the eighth century B.C., including cooking pots, jars with ancient Hebrew inscriptions, loom weights ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient ritual structure in Jerusalem, revealing artifacts and practices from the First ...

The program in Jewish studies at Smith College explores the history, literature, arts, politics, philosophy, culture, religion and languages of the Jewish people from its origins in ancient Israel ...

(RNS) — “Chaver,” an honorific with origins in ancient Jewish history, has traditionally been awarded to rabbinical scholars and pillars of the religious community. But the title has evolved ...

Hanukkah means "dedication" in Hebrew. Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the ancient Jewish Temple in Jerusalem after a small Jewish army called the Maccabees reclaimed it from the Greek ...