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Rossella TercatinThe Times of Israel |
Haredim constitute 23.5% of those eligible for military, which expected to rise to 40% by 2050, says Israel Democracy Institute; if Haredim...
Participants at the Saturday rally, whose fringes turn violent, call for release of activist arrested on suspicion of fundraising for Hamas
IRGC-linked agency claims tankers were ‘smuggling’ over a million liters of fuel, says ’15 foreign crew members were referred to the...
Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, completed five years before community’s destruction, going under hammer after being returned to heirs in 2023;...
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...
Medical agency’s head claims Israel left him with ‘an impossible choice’ after demanding it comply with new, stringent security...
The artifact is part of an archaeological exhibition aimed at highlighting the models of Jewish communal leadership from ancient times to the modern...
Millennia after being buried, street once traversed by millions of faithful from southern end of ancient Jerusalem to Western Wall can once again be...
Peter Tatchell, a veteran human rights campaigner and LGBTQ advocate, brands arrest as ‘attack on free speech’; police say two more...
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...
New research suggests a long-overlooked bas-relief in King Sennacherib’s palace in modern-day Mosul, Iraq, destroyed with other priceless artifacts,...
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...
Data from 2022 suggests that hundreds of unlicensed nurseries for ages 0-3 operate in Israel amid a countrywide lack of educational and security...
Shas and United Torah Judaism link tragedy at overcrowded, illegal daycare to attorney general’s instruction to cut childcare subsidies for draft...
Discoverer of the Ketef Hinnom scrolls and founder of Temple Mount Sifting Project was a larger-than-life figure who stirred controversy, loved...
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein, co-head of Yeshivat Har Etzion in the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut, discusses the challenges facing his community and...
Winger Manor Solomon joins ACF Fiorentina in an arrival that makes news more for politics than for sports
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...
Proposed law, seeking to create a civilian body in charge of antiquities and archaeological sites, has been opposed by most Israeli archaeologists,...
The newly unsealed Jewish ritual bath, uncovered beneath the Western Wall Plaza, marks the first stratigraphic identification of the burnt layer from...
In ‘The Bible’s First Kings,’ scholars piece together archaeology and biblical studies to show that a United Monarchy indeed emerged in...
Judean Desert finds dated from 1,400 years ago bear witness to ‘flourishing Christian pilgrimage industry’ as travelers from around Roman...
Newly published findings from salvage dig near Afula detail discovery of burial pits where high official’s remains may have been interred along...
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...
From the arrowheads used by a Greek army to menorahs, the city offers antiquities enthusiasts many opportunities to celebrate
Over 50 years after the first public menorah lighting in Philadelphia, annual tradition has spread to some 15,000 locales worldwide from Australia to...
The Rockefeller Archaeological Museum stores some 60,000 artifacts spanning millennia, including unique decorations from the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the...
American envoy discusses the archaeological site and how without Jerusalem ‘there would be no America,’ as he presents the book...
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...
In ‘The Boomer Archaeologist,’ UC San Diego Prof. Thomas Levy presents the story of his American dream, passion for research and love for...
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...
Despite the ceasefire, workers’ union and political parties are leveraging the Palestinian cause to gain influence. What’s increasingly...
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...
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...
The MiDRASH project received an $11.5 million grant to take research on medieval Jewish literature to the next level
Violence is ‘happening around our communities and we have a responsibility to address it,’ says one of the promoters of the initiative
By contrast, among secular Israelis, the largest community in the country, faith in God has decreased since the Hamas attack, the Jewish People Policy...
Thousands attended ceremony at promenade overlooking the Old City, including former Hamas hostage Avera Mengistu
Tiny clay sculpture unearthed at Nahal Ein Gev in the Galilee is the earliest known figurine depicting human-animal interaction, as documented by...
Researchers from the University of Haifa analyze hundreds of waterfowl bones from site and determine the land was marshy and dotted with lakes
Found in 1970 in the West Bank and on display at the Israel Museum, the Ain Samiya silver goblet shows before-and-after scene of a conveyance used by...
A scholar mentored by Sacks hopes to preserve and disseminate the former UK chief rabbi’s legacy as one of the greatest modern Jewish thinkers
Analysis of 1,500 artifacts shows imports from Nubia between 1600-600 BCE, a trade network that endured from Canaanite times to the era of the...
Archaeologists also uncover 3,300-year-old Canaanite artifacts, including a ram-shaped vessel, that may have been used for the cultic practices...
Amid events in Vatican celebrating document that reshaped relations with Jews, Israeli expert Karma Ben-Johanan says ties are affected by...
Israeli researchers document and date tunnel system in spring-rich region, highlighting the technological ingenuity used by empire founded by formerly...
Leaving Israel for Berlin, David Senesh, a clinical psychologist dealing with intergenerational trauma, says hostages, and country, can only process...
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, spiritual leader of the Shas party, suggests he wouldn’t count Rabbi Tamir Granot in a prayer quorum, draws broad...
For almost two months, entrenched bias against Israelis of Sephardic origin has left some ultra-Orthodox students without a place to study
Data shows that as many as half of Israelis may have reexamined their bond with religion, with some finding new meaning in Jewish beliefs and others...