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Gavriel FiskeThe Times of Israel |
While on a class foraging walk, boy, 10, discovers small Christian artifact encrusted with intricate mosaic decorations that points to Jerusalem’s...
Soil samples from Timna show that previous studies have exaggerated the environmental impact of the mining industry in antiquity, Tel Aviv University...
Four suspects, already under investigation, nabbed while attempting to loot artifacts from remote Galilee site linked to Hasmoneans
Silver scroll, found to contain verses of protection in Latin, dates from the mid-3rd century CE. Israeli researcher says too early to draw...
A Johns Hopkins archaeologist recycles a 20-year-old hypothesis that small clay cylinders found in an ancient tomb reset the genesis of letters by 500...
Researchers hail discovery of ritual complex at Manot Cave as ‘a global breakthrough,’ marking the oldest such findings in the Levant
Residents of ‘The Capital of the Golan’ went about their business on Sunday, but some expressed uncertainty about the historical changes...
Rabbi Shai Piron, in new role as president of the Israel Professional College in Jerusalem, stresses importance of vocational training in the 21st...
Dafna Filshteiner discovered a small scorpion-adorned scarab amulet lying out in the open near Tel Qana outside of Hod Hasharon
Education Ministry floats program to streamline work visas for foreign English teachers to be employed formally in the school system
Over 100 small stone objects from Neolithic period are the earliest instance of ‘spindle whorls,’ used to spin fibers into yarn, predating...
Hundreds of northern schools lack adequate protected spaces from rocket attacks, but renovations might not be finished until next year, Home Front...
Biden says ‘diplomatic solution still possible,’ ahead of Security Council session on Lebanon set for Wednesday; Macron urges Iran’s president...
Inaugural summer session attracted a diverse group of students, who took a deep dive into the living tradition of Judeo-Spanish and encountered native...
10-day trip sponsored by Birthright and Camp Ramah enables a dozen adults on the autistic spectrum to lend a hand in Israel during the war
Weeks after incident went viral, Haifa’s Hecht Museum exhibits restored artifact in its usual place, with cracks deliberately visible, using the...
Ran Erez: High school teachers returning ‘out of responsibility to the state,’ but won’t yet submit grades or permit off-campus activities;...
The costly Roman operation was likely undertaken only after Masada-based Jewish forces raided nearby Ein Gedi and disrupted production of balsam, a...
At the Horesh combined primary and middle school in the northern town, displaced kids absorbed into the general student body are starting their second...
Crisis talks don’t yield breakthrough; Education Minister Kisch slams union head Ran Erez and Finance Minister Smotrich, says both ‘want this...
For the second year in a row, many displaced students will attend temporary schools scattered across Israel as their families question when, or if,...
Ran Erez says educators will go on strike September 1, the start of the new school year, as he and the education minister trade blame for deadlocked...
In ‘Sacred Places Tell Tales,’ Ben-Gurion University Prof. Yoram Meital examines the modern history of Cairo’s Jews and its thriving pre-1948...
2024 Shanghai Ranking lists Hebrew University, the Technion and the Weizmann Institute of Science as among the best in the world, with Hebrew U....
150 educators from around the world arrive in Jerusalem for the biannual meet-up in an Israel reeling from the October 7 massacre – and a Jewish...
In August, after 10 months in hotels, most Kibbutz Be’eri members will relocate to a temporary neighborhood in a kibbutz outside Beersheba until...
Scrap from extra-biblical Infancy Gospel of Thomas discovered in German archive contains story of young Jesus bringing clay birds to life on the...
Some 110,000 students finish 12th grade on Thursday; Education Ministry went to great lengths as post-October 7 conflict upended routine, but some...
The award inaugurated this month at Tel Aviv University hopes to spur research, with the aim of creating human-animal dialogue ‘at their own...
Israel places 20th in international study conducted in 63 countries, but results illustrate huge gaps between Hebrew and Arabic speakers
94 coins found in a destroyed Jewish public building were buried during the short-lived Gallus Revolt, undertaken by the Jews during a time of Roman...
Analysis of 2,000-year-old tefillin found in Judean Desert caves shows no dye was used in their construction; deep black is mandated by contemporary...
In November, hackers perpetrated a ‘sophisticated and destructive’ assault and stole user data, putting protected materials at risk; more...
Antiquities buff George S. Blumenthal talks about his latest project, which offers ‘bite-sized’ pieces of evidence to counter claims that...
Images found during renovations of the Mt. Zion Hotel, previously a hospital; the donors, the subject of an upcoming exhibit, included King George V...
Families say deal ‘with the devil’ only way to free their loved ones, note stark difference between warm embrace of US officials and...
The Megiddo Mosaic, discovered in 2005 on the grounds of a prison in northern Israel, to get first public showing at the Museum of the Bible in...
Teen Israeli scouts to spend more than two months putting on 160 shows in America for Jewish and non-Jewish communities; due to security concerns,...
TAU researchers say the stone scrapers originated near Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim in the Samarian hills, which were likely sacred sites for...
New study shows that the ‘special tractates’ of the Babylonian Talmud have distinct linguistic features, as commented on by medieval sages
Virally popular threesome of women singers, considered their country’s best-known musical export, to also put on charity concert for displaced...
Experts recommend revamping entire educational system to better integrate special needs children, a ‘win-win’ solution for all students
Annual IDF Widows & Orphans Organization event in Tel Aviv features performance by singer Hanan Ben Ari
Beeswax burial ritual at Horvat Tevet site reflects lingering influence during transition from Egyptian rule 3,000 years ago, which also shaped...
Site, just south of the Bedouin city of Rahat, was likely the first inland stop for Christian pilgrims touring the Holy Land after arriving by sea at...
The Israel-Hamas conflict has taken up nearly the entire school year, which finishes at the end of next month, but some educators see an opportunity...
A team of scholars recently used a new method to conquer the Hallstatt plateau, an abiding Iron Age puzzle, and help reveal the timeline of ancient...
UAW-based report on top 2,000 universities places majority of Israeli research universities among the top 3 percent worldwide
Projects that allow bereaved families to craft a drinkable memorial are proliferating in the wake of October 7 as some accuse them of profiteering...
Ivy League school and Israeli administrator say dual-degree partnership won’t be shut, but some participants are shaken, fearing going to class...