Hebrew’s journey: ‘King David and I could probably understand each other’
A recent article in National Geographic lays out the history of the Hebrew language, its ancient origins, modern revival and continued evolution.
Mirit Bessire, Hebrew-language program director at Johns Hopkins University, said that “King David and I could probably understand...
The Good Samaritan Inn
So many times, on our way back to Jerusalem after spending a few days at the Dead Sea or in Eilat, we passed the sign directing travelers to the Good Samaritan Inn and Mosaic...
Project launched in London on 1968 Polish expulsion of Jews
“Forgotten Exodus,” a multimedia initiative to collect and share testimonies of Jewish Poles forced to flee the country in 1968, launched last month in London.
This history is generally overlooked, according to Daniel Schatz, a visiting researcher...
Woman on Israeli beach finds 3,000-year-old figurine
A woman strolling on Israel’s Palmachim Beach south of Tel Aviv found a 3,000-year-old figurine of an Egyptian goddess, which she turned over to archaeologists at the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Lydia Marner, 74, a resident...
Holocaust audio archive at Jewish Museum Berlin now UNESCO ‘World Heritage’
As of this month, the Jewish Museum Berlin is home to a collection of objects that is listed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Memory of the World Register.
The original 16mm and restored...
Holocaust survivors to rewrite recently discovered Torah scroll
The Survivor Torah Project, an effort to restore a Torah scroll hidden from the Nazis, has now reached Toronto, Canada.
The scroll was found recently after being hidden for 75 years, given for safekeeping by a...
Authorities probing theft find Roman-era burial cave
Coffins dating back to a Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire were recently uncovered in the Galilee of Israel by authorities investigating the theft of ancient artifacts.
The operation took place in Mashhad, near Nazareth,...
Jewish life in Polish capital thriving 80 years after Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
On the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Jewish life is thriving in the capital city, reports Rabbi Shalom Ber Stambler, director of Chabad of Poland.
He and his brother, Rabbi Mayer Stambler, arrived in...
Tel Aviv ANU–Museum of the Jewish People buys Codex Sassoon for $33.5 million
First, there was the possibility that Renaissance man par excellence Leonardo da Vinci was Jewish. Now, the oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, Codex Sassoon, which dates to around the year 900, beat da Vinci’s Codex Leicester as the...
2,000-year-old receipt uncovered on Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem
Someone forgot his receipt.
A financial record from two millennia ago was uncovered on what was Jerusalem’s main thoroughfare during the Second Temple period, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday.
The inscription on the small stone...