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AMERICAN ANTISEMITISM toward new Jewish immigrants is depicted in this photo from the book.

Antisemitism is an ancient hatred, merely its expression changes - opinion

By AVRAHAM KRIEGER

Nineteenth-century illustration of colonial-era witch hysteria (including a witch flying on a broomstick).

Witchcraft accusations an ‘occupational hazard’ for female workers in early modern England

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

The god Amun protecting Tutankhamun is pictured during a press visit of the Tutankhamun, Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh exhibition, displaying more than 150 original artefacts, at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris, France, March 21, 2019.

Temples for ancient gods found in Egypt’s Mediterranean coast by underwater researchers

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An image of the ancient Jericho archaeological site.

We must reassert Jewish ties to 'Palestinian' land - editorial

By JPOST EDITORIAL

SOLDIERS ARE equipped with apples and a jar of honey to mark Rosh Hashanah.

Honey: A Jewish symbol of hope, and a source of fierce rabbinic debate - opinion

By MICAH D. HALPERN

A gladiator in armor

How often do you think about the Roman Empire?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

LAST DANCE with death: The moment Mann pulls the trigger on the SS officer/Nazi.

‘Memento’: A riveting Holocaust story unlike any other ballet

By URIEL PEIZER

The bronze statue of 13th-century Jewish entrepreneur Licoricia of Winchester

London and Winchester: A tale of two British Jewish communities

By WENDY BLUMFIELD

Eyalim volunteers work to restore Jewish graves at Sale, Morocco's Jewish cemetery.

Israelis rebuild Moroccan Jewish cemetery after brutal earthquake

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

SHAFIQ ADES poses with his wife, Aliza, and some of their six children.

The execution that marked the end of Iraqi Jewry - opinion

By LYN JULIUS

US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton watches prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands after signing the Oslo I Accord, at the White House in Washington on September 13, 1993.

On This Day: Israel, Palestinians sign Oslo I Accord 30 years ago

'THE ONE'

'The One': Celebrating Israel Air Force during the Yom Kippur War

By HANNAH BROWN

JOHNNY CASH at the Kotel in the 1970s.

Johnny Cash and the Holy Land

By ALEX WINSTON

Clay rattle fragment.

Artifacts used for ancient magic rituals discovered on road from Egypt to Mecca

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

SMOKE BILLOWS from the World Trade Center towers after planes were crashed into them by al-Qaeda terrorists, on September 11, 2001.

On This Day: September 11 terror attacks shake New York, the US

By AARON REICH , Sam Halpern

COSSACK MAMAY – the ideal image of Cossack in Ukrainian folklore.

What is the myth of the ‘circumcised Cossack?' - opinion

An archaeologist works on a site where a 1,000-year-old mummy was unearthed, at a residential neighbourhood, in Lima, Peru September 6, 2023.

Archaeologists unearth 1,000-year-old mummy in Peru residential neighborhood

By REUTERS

FAMILY MEMBERS cover the remains with the soil of Jerusalem.

A Talmudic scholar's posthumous journey to Jerusalem

By DAVID OLIVESTONE