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Diver finds his second Crusader sword in 5 years off Israel’s coast

Diver finds his second Crusader sword in 5 years off Israel’s coast

800-year-old, meter-long artifact discovered off Dor Beach, undergoes a CT scan at the Medica Elisha Hospital

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New study puts hominins in Israel 1.9 million years ago, rewriting earliest human migration

New study puts hominins in Israel 1.9 million years ago, rewriting earliest human migration

Team redates prehistoric ‘Ubeidiya in Jordan Valley to same age as oldest Georgian site, suggesting at least two distinct groups of human ancestors...

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High Court tells state to advance Western Wall egalitarian plaza upgrade, without further delays

High Court tells state to advance Western Wall egalitarian plaza upgrade, without further delays

Chief rabbis claim justices overstepped their authority with ruling, while Shas leader Aryeh Deri accuses them of trying to ‘desecrate’ Western Wall

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Forget the granny flat: Study of Israelite home shows elders ruled the Iron Age roost

Forget the granny flat: Study of Israelite home shows elders ruled the Iron Age roost

Finds at Tel ‘Eton preserved by fire amid Assyrian conquest 2,700 years ago offer evidence that matriarch and patriarch got biggest and best room of...

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Hangry Jesus? Rumbling stomach may have spurred iconic ‘cleansing of the Temple’

Hangry Jesus? Rumbling stomach may have spurred iconic ‘cleansing of the Temple’

A new peer-reviewed article offers an alternative reading of the famous Gospel story that saw Jesus flipping the tables of merchants and moneychangers

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Local and state government trade blame over delays upgrading Western Wall egalitarian plaza

Local and state government trade blame over delays upgrading Western Wall egalitarian plaza

High Court of Justice holds hearing on status of religious right at Jerusalem’s holy site for first time in years, demands answers on why 2017...

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High Court to hold hearing on Western Wall egalitarian services for first time in years

High Court to hold hearing on Western Wall egalitarian services for first time in years

Liberal Jewish groups seek to ensure full rights for egalitarian prayers despite ultra-Orthodox opposition, long after government nixed compromise on...

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Takamitsu Muraoka, Japanese pioneer of Dead Sea Scrolls Hebrew studies, dies at 88

Takamitsu Muraoka, Japanese pioneer of Dead Sea Scrolls Hebrew studies, dies at 88

A prominent specialist in Semitic languages, Muraoka was proud to describe himself as the first Japanese student to complete a PhD at the Hebrew...

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Tailing looters, archaeologists find 2,000-year-old stone vessel factory in Jerusalem

Tailing looters, archaeologists find 2,000-year-old stone vessel factory in Jerusalem

Cups, bowls and other ritually pure items are thought to have been fashioned out of soft limestone at Mount Scopus site along pilgrimage road in...

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Two years after collapse, Caesarea aqueduct to be restored in joint project

Two years after collapse, Caesarea aqueduct to be restored in joint project

The Carmel Beach Regional Council, Caesarea Development Company, and Israel Antiquities Authority sign NIS 39 million joint agreement to preserve and...

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Rep. Jamie Raskin accuses Trump’s AG of ‘Epstein cover-up’ in stormy House hearing

Rep. Jamie Raskin accuses Trump’s AG of ‘Epstein cover-up’ in stormy House hearing

Questioning of Pam Bondi over slow rollout of Epstein files comes after report that sex offender sought to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin via...

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Following years of legal battles, Chief Rabbinate opens rabbinical tests to women

Petitioners who first asked the High Court of Justice to intervene in 2019 hail the move, but the Rabbinate also announces it will conduct a...

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By 2050, almost one in four Israelis will be ultra-Orthodox, study indicates

Haredim constitute 23.5% of those eligible for military, which expected to rise to 40% by 2050, says Israel Democracy Institute; if Haredim...

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Pro-Palestinian groups join anti-Olympics protests in Milan, demand Israel be ousted

Participants at the Saturday rally, whose fringes turn violent, call for release of activist arrested on suspicion of fundraising for Hamas

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seize 2 oil tankers in Gulf

IRGC-linked agency claims tankers were ‘smuggling’ over a million liters of fuel, says ’15 foreign crew members were referred to the...

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Rare 15th-century prayer book looted by Nazis expected to fetch millions at auction

Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, completed five years before community’s destruction, going under hammer after being returned to heirs in 2023;...

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New ‘no-animal’ milk has kosher foodies salivating. Here’s why you can have it with your steak

Cow-free beverage made from lab-engineered dairy protein is now sold in supermarkets across Israel. At least one restaurateur is setting his table for...

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Doctors Without Borders warns halting its work will be ‘catastrophic’ for Gazans

Medical agency’s head claims Israel left him with ‘an impossible choice’ after demanding it comply with new, stringent security...

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Rare 2,000-year-old jar valued by Jewish law on display for Knesset anniversary

The artifact is part of an archaeological exhibition aimed at highlighting the models of Jewish communal leadership from ancient times to the modern...

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2,000-year-old Pilgrimage Road to Temple Mount opens to public after years of digging

Millennia after being buried, street once traversed by millions of faithful from southern end of ancient Jerusalem to Western Wall can once again be...

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Prominent UK activist arrested at London protest for ‘Globalize the intifada’ sign

Peter Tatchell, a veteran human rights campaigner and LGBTQ advocate, brands arrest as ‘attack on free speech’; police say two more...

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US ambassador to Israel says Trump not making ’empty threats’ toward Iran

Mike Huckabee tells Israeli TV that decision on US strike on Iran yet to be made; says embassy surprised by cancellation of flights to Israel; vows...

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Smashed by ISIS, a 2,700-year-old carving may have been the earliest-known depiction of Jerusalem

New research suggests a long-overlooked bas-relief in King Sennacherib’s palace in modern-day Mosul, Iraq, destroyed with other priceless artifacts,...

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Australia to hold national day of mourning for victims of Bondi Hanukkah massacre

As flags fly at half mast, millions of Australians are being asked to observe a minute’s silence and light candles; PM Albanese to attend...

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Jerusalem daycare deaths put spotlight on longstanding gaps in Haredi early childhood care

Data from 2022 suggests that hundreds of unlicensed nurseries for ages 0-3 operate in Israel amid a countrywide lack of educational and security...

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Haredi leaders blame babies’ deaths on state’s push to draft ultra-Orthodox men

Shas and United Torah Judaism link tragedy at overcrowded, illegal daycare to attorney general’s instruction to cut childcare subsidies for draft...

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Archaeologist Gabriel Barkay, pioneer of Temple Mount research, dies at 81

Discoverer of the Ketef Hinnom scrolls and founder of Temple Mount Sifting Project was a larger-than-life figure who stirred controversy, loved...

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Leading Religious Zionist rabbi: Extremist settler violence must be stopped from the pulpit

Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein, co-head of Yeshivat Har Etzion in the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut, discusses the challenges facing his community and...

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Israeli soccer star’s transfer to Italian top league sparks outcry

Winger Manor Solomon joins ACF Fiorentina in an arrival that makes news more for politics than for sports

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The oldest complete biblical scroll ever found was originally split in 2, scholar finds

Study comes as ‘Great Isaiah,’ a 24-foot-long text parchment found with the Dead Sea Scrolls, set to be displayed by the Israel Museum in...

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New West Bank antiquity bill seeks to extend Israeli authority over Areas A and B

Proposed law, seeking to create a civilian body in charge of antiquities and archaeological sites, has been opposed by most Israeli archaeologists,...

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Fire-blackened 2,000-year-old mikveh is a portal into 70 CE Roman conquest of Jerusalem

The newly unsealed Jewish ritual bath, uncovered beneath the Western Wall Plaza, marks the first stratigraphic identification of the burnt layer from...

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Despite academic battle royal, a new book returns David’s kingdom to its place in history

In ‘The Bible’s First Kings,’ scholars piece together archaeology and biblical studies to show that a United Monarchy indeed emerged in...

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Forget keychains, Byzantine pilgrims took home ‘souvenir’ flasks, newly found mold shows

Judean Desert finds dated from 1,400 years ago bear witness to ‘flourishing Christian pilgrimage industry’ as travelers from around Roman...

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Unearthed in last-ditch dig, one-of-a-kind tomb offers glimpse of Assyrian rule over Israel

Newly published findings from salvage dig near Afula detail discovery of burial pits where high official’s remains may have been interred along...

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1,300-year-old menorah pendant suggests Rome’s ban on Jews from Jerusalem was a failure

After the Holy City was razed in 135 CE, an edict seemed designed to prevent a Jewish return. The discovery of an artifact suggests some tenacious...

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Festival of archaeology? Five ways to explore Hanukkah history in Jerusalem

From the arrowheads used by a Greek army to menorahs, the city offers antiquities enthusiasts many opportunities to celebrate

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Targeted Hanukkah lighting underscores defiant Chabad mission to set globe aglow

Over 50 years after the first public menorah lighting in Philadelphia, annual tradition has spread to some 15,000 locales worldwide from Australia to...

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Jerusalem’s ‘cursed’ antiquity museum reopens its doors amid rumors it may become a hotel

The Rockefeller Archaeological Museum stores some 60,000 artifacts spanning millennia, including unique decorations from the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the...

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For US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, contentious City of David is a place to meet God

American envoy discusses the archaeological site and how without Jerusalem ‘there would be no America,’ as he presents the book...

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2,100-year-old mystery unearthed with dismantled Hasmonean-era wall in Jerusalem

A fortification in the heart of the capital was likely built shortly after the Hanukkah story took place. Now experts are asking why it was...

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New graphic memoir traces how archaeology – and US academia – evolved over 50 years

In ‘The Boomer Archaeologist,’ UC San Diego Prof. Thomas Levy presents the story of his American dream, passion for research and love for...

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Groundbreaking architect Frank Gehry’s ‘refreshingly original’ buildings, in photos

Curves and angles mix in concert halls, museums and other buildings from around the world that were built by the acclaimed architect, who died on...

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With Gaza a rallying cry in Italy, a growing number justify hostility against its Jews

Despite the ceasefire, workers’ union and political parties are leveraging the Palestinian cause to gain influence. What’s increasingly...

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Gazan woman undertakes tiring task of repairing enclave’s tattered banknotes

Manal al-Saadani sets up stall at Nuseirat market where locals bring cash that is too damaged to be used; no new bills have entered the Strip since...

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Study anchors obscure pharaoh in time, opening research path into dating the Exodus

A PLOS ONE paper places Ahmose’s reign over Egypt decades after the famous Thera volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea, with vast implications for...

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Scholars transcribe hundreds of thousands of Cairo Geniza fragments, some never read before

The MiDRASH project received an $11.5 million grant to take research on medieval Jewish literature to the next level

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‘We cannot remain silent’: 400 Gush Etzion residents sign petition against settler violence

Violence is ‘happening around our communities and we have a responsibility to address it,’ says one of the promoters of the initiative

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In wake of October 7, young Israelis embracing Jewish traditions, new survey shows

By contrast, among secular Israelis, the largest community in the country, faith in God has decreased since the Hamas attack, the Jewish People Policy...

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‘This brings our community together:’ Ethiopian Jews flock to Jerusalem for Sigd holiday

Thousands attended ceremony at promenade overlooking the Old City, including former Hamas hostage Avera Mengistu

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