After its account of Jesus’ birth, the Bible is almost entirely silent on his childhood. Yet legends about Jesus’ early years ...

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

If there is a villain in the Nativity story it is surely Herod, the monarch who supposedly slaughtered thousands of infants ...

A pilgrim who visited the Second Temple in Jerusalem may have carved their memories into a limestone block for another ...

Hope is thin in Israel as activists and citizens call for justice and prepare for next year’s contentious elections ...

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

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

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 ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem recently discovered a massive Hanukkah-era wall from an ancient power struggle between Hasmonean ...

This declaration of independence in Paris on December 14 th, 2025, may not make Jews as happy as they once were, but it may ...