The Blogs | The Times of Israel2 天
For 1000 years, we know nothing about the Jews
During these thousand years, this period was nourished by legends and unfounded speculations, such as the alleged conversion of the Khazars, used to compensate for the lack of historical sources. It ...
The essence of Purim was never the Diaspora. It was always Jerusalem - opinion
The events in Shushan were never merely about the Jews of Persia. Just a few years before Esther’s miraculous rise, we had ...
The Standard on MSN8 天
Miracle of Jewish survival: History and meaning of Purim
Purim, therefore, is the prototype for Jewish survival during exile. The Divine Providence hidden in apparently random events ...
Judaism has long benefited from non-Jewish support - opinion
Jewish institutions flourish when they remain engaged with the broader world. By reclaiming these forgotten histories, we do ...
PBS3 个月
In the first century AD, Jews lived across the Roman Empire in relative harmony.
The temple in Jerusalem Although each Jewish community worshipped at its own synagogue, the temple in Jerusalem remained the spiritual center of their worship. The temple had been rebuilt three times.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency3 年
Lost toilets of the First Temple: 2700-year-old private toilet found in Jerusalem
(JTA) — A 2700-year-old toilet from the days of the First Temple in Jerusalem has been discovered ... JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism ...
来自MSN24 天
They Didn’t Want You to Know This: Why Rome Burned the Jerusalem Temple!
The event altered Jewish religious life by shifting worship away from Temple sacrifices and towards Rabbinic Judaism and synagogue-centered activities. The destruction of the Jerusalem Temple was ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency7 年
These American Jews are looking beyond the Western Wall – to prayer on the Temple Mount
Orthodox American immigrants to Israel have played leading roles in activism for greater Jewish access to the Temple Mount. JERUSALEM (JTA) – Liberal American Jews are feeling thwarted in their ...
来自MSN7 个月
Massive Second Temple-era stone quarry uncovered in Jerusalem industrial area
A separate, ongoing IAA excavation in Jerusalem’s City of David ... vessel of the type that served the Jewish community during the Second Temple period,” explained Shilov.
PBS3 个月
Temple Culture
There is not a Jewish community in the world that doesn ... remember that there is only one Temple and that's the one Temple in Jerusalem. The building itself was very small.
The Christian Century2 年
How the Jerusalem temple fell
Woe to you, O Jerusalem—and woe to the historian who writes about your fall to the Romans! The enterprise, undertaken by Guy MacLean Rogers, is woeful because our knowledge of the great Jewish revolt ...
The Jewish Press12 天
Ministers, MKs Appeal to Senators: ‘Recognize the Right of the Jewish People to the ...
In light of the US being Israel’s great ally, recognition from your nation could help restore historical justice.” ...