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Kids participate in an archeological dig at Tel Maresha in Beit Guvrin, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Israel’s Lachish region, Aug. 7, 2023. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS.

Photo Essay: Israeli kids are archaeologists for a day

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Israel is rich in antiquities waiting to be discovered, and what better time than summer break for children to get a chance to become archaeologists for a day? The Institute for Archaeological Seminars at Beit...
Youth leader Aviv Weizman holds the "magical mirror" plaque she discovered at Usha. Photo by Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority.

Teen discovers 1,500-year-old ‘magic mirror’ at Galilee excavation

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A teenage student uncovered a 1,500-year-old “magical mirror” from the Byzantine period this week during an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation at the ancient site of Usha in northern Israel. Aviv Weizman, from Kiryat Motzkin, near Haifa, was...
Israeli actress Gal Gadot, star and producer of the Netflix film “Red Notice.” Source: Screenshot.

Ahead of new Netflix show, Gal Gadot shares thoughts on her career

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Gal Gadot's first Hollywood audition was for the role of a James Bond girl in "Quantum of Solace," alongside Daniel Craig. Although Gadot did not get the role, now, a decade and a half...
A depiction of the Jewish Cultural Center to be built in Baku, Azerbaijan. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2024. Credit: Courtesy.

Jewish Cultural Center to be built in Azerbaijan

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A Jewish Cultural Center will be constructed in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku near the city's main synagogue, Azerbaijani officials announced on Thursday. The center will include Jewish and Bible classes, a Sunday School for...
A street in the old medina of Tétouan in northern Morocco. Photo by Swiss aviator and photographer Walter Mittelholzer (1928) via Wikimedia Commons.

Rediscovering the graves of three ‘esteemed’ Moroccan rabbis after 60 years

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The tombs of three celebrated 17th- and 18th-century rabbis—Jacob Ben Malca, Hasday Almosnino and Jacob Marrache—have been rediscovered after more than 60 years at a cemetery in Tétouan in northern Morocco. Renewed knowledge of the...
Israelis visit Sebastia, the former capital of the Kingdom of Israel, in Samaria, April 22, 2019, Photo by Hillel Maeir/Flash90.

Israel to protect archaeological sites in Judea and Samaria

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that the government will safeguard and rehabilitate archaeological sites in the biblical heartland that have been vandalized by Palestinians. The infrastructure investment at the archaeological heritage sites follows decades...
The banquet at the Psagot Winery, July 12, 2023. Credit: Binyamin Regional Council.

Temple-era banquet takes diners back 2,000 years

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A lavish banquet held at the Psagot Winery, located in Samaria north of Jerusalem, brought participants back to the Second Temple era this week. The unique dinner, an initiative of the Binyamin Regional Council's Department...
The synagogue at Beit Yellin. Photo: Judy Lash Balint

Who’s looking out for Israel’s cultural heritage?

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The roof of Beit Yellin is barely visible to the cars zooming down the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway. Most of those passing by probably have no idea that the cluster of restored 19th century stone...
Construction work at the Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, Dec. 9, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

250 million shekels for improvements to Jewish Quarter

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Israel's Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Tradition signed an agreement with the Society for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City to invest a quarter of a billion...
Gal Gadot. Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr.

Gal Gadot to become first Israeli actor with Walk of Fame star

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Gal Gadot will next year become the first Israeli actor or actress to be honored with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. “This is unbelievable. I’m so, so grateful and thankful and humbled,” said Gadot...