(RNS) — The German-Jewish title with ancient roots is granted to those who exhibit significant spiritual and material leadership in their community. (RNS) — “Chaver,” an honorific with origins in ...

The Jewish people’s history in the land of Israel dates back over 3,000 years. Long before the rise of empires and modern ...

Archaeologists from Bar-Ilan University have made a groundbreaking discovery at the Alexandrium fortress in Israel, ...

A new tourist complex invites guests to stay in 12 boutique apartments above the site said to have been King David's Palace.

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Extracting ancient DNA from teeth, an international group of scientists peered into the lives of a once-thriving medieval Ashkenazi Jewish community in Erfurt, Germany. The findings show that the ...

Part of ancient Jewish history is recorded in the Bible and is well known. King David established Jerusalem as the capital of the land of Israel, and King Solomon built a great temple there. In 656 BC ...

An archaeologist who was recently sifting through debris in Israel uncovered a link to a legendary biblical king from the House of David. The Temple Mount Sifting Project announced the discovery on ...

“Epiphany of Queen Esther” by Los Angeles-based artist Shahin Dardashti (shahinart.com). This time of year, many non-Persian Jewish friends remind me that as an Iranian Jew, “my holiday” is just ...

An ancient Jewish text has been discovered and returned 80 years after it was looted from a Hungarian seminary during the occupation of the Nazis in 1944. An announcement by the U.S. Attorney's Office ...

The real history of Jewish gladiators, from Reish Lakish to Kirk Douglas. In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, burying the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in scalding stone and ash. The ...