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Ancient Jewish quarter of Phanagoria uncovered in Russia's Taman peninsula

Ancient Jewish quarter of Phanagoria discovered in Black Sea area of Russia

By Mathilda Heller

ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES Authority workers walk down the Herodian Street dig at the City of David National Park, in 2019. Also named The Pilgrim’s Way, the street lies beneath Wadi Hilweh street in the Palestinian village of Silwan, and leads from the Siloam Pool to the Temple Mount.

Jerusalem in its glory: Reconstructing the Sukkot pilgrimage to the Second Temple

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

AN ISRAELI soldier drives through southern Lebanon this week. This conflict should be named ‘The Second Hezbollah War,’ or more accurately, ‘The First Iranian War,’ the writer maintains.

A letter to Lebanon: Could Northern Arrows free Lebanon from Hezbollah?

THE MASSES gather at the Western Wall, toward the conclusion of Tisha B’Av, on Tuesday. We face the risk of another destruction today if we fail to pull back from the brink, the writers warn.

Our future is at risk if level of hatred among us is not reduced

By Dr. Netanel Fisher , Dr. Adar Cohen

THE BOOK of Lamentations is read in a Tel Aviv synagogue at the beginning of Tisha B’Av on Monday night, with worshipers sitting on the floor as a sign of mourning. ‘This year, Tisha B’Av was unlike any other I have experienced,’ the writer laments.

Hopefully this will be the first and last 'real' Tisha B'Av after October 7

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

A preserved glass vial which was used for perfume or expensive oils.

Ancient lamps that may have been used by Jewish rebels unearthed in Jerusalem

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A woman walks with her dog next to posters in support of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack, in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 11, 2024

My son died on Oct. 7. This Tisha B'Av, I think how our greatest threat comes from within

By RABBI DORON PEREZ/JTA

An ultra-Orthodox jew prays at the Westen Wall July 17, 2002 on Tisha B'Av

Tisha B'Av 2024: What the Jewish summer fast day is all about

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

ISRAELIS GATHER to hear the annual reading of ‘Lamentations’ on the eve of Tisha B’Av outside of Independence Hall in Tel Aviv, last year.

For Jerusalem, Armageddon is part of life

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

Ben Batich, a 1st-century leader of the Jewish Zealots, is a character in "Legend of Destruction," which depicts the Roman siege of Jerusalem.

A film about the destruction of the Second Temple premiered in 2021, Oct. 7 gives it new resonance

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

Jews attend a prayer for the return of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site in the Old City of Jerusalem, March 21, 2024.

What lessons can we learn from historical mourning?

By TOVA HERZL

The main street that led to the Temple Mount approximately 2,000 years ago. It is being uncovered in the excavations of the Israel Antiquities Authority at the City of David, August 1, 2024.

Largest ever Second Temple era quarry discovered in Har Hotzvim Hi-Tech Park, Jerusalem

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

READING FROM the Torah in synagogue: Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Ten Commandments. These commandments, like the Torah, offer stories, insights, values and actions as ways in to God

The history and evolving tradition of Shavuot

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

THE HERO of ‘Legend of Destruction,’ Ben Batich.

Israel Film Center fest in New York to premiere ‘Legend of Destruction’

By HANNAH BROWN

People gather round a bonfire in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Arnona in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'omer, May 8, 2023.

Ben-Zakai and Akiva's differing approaches to defense and diplomacy

By TOVA HERZL

THE SEDER takes place, last year, in the Land of Israel.

Passover is an expression of Jewish indigeneity in the Land of Israel

By BEN M. FREEMAN

The box on display at the Israel Museum archaeology gallery.

Rare stone box from the Second Temple period discovered in the City of David

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Pope Francis leads the Pentecost Mass at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 28, 2023.

What's true and false about the Vatican and Temple artifacts - opinion

By HARRY HIRSCHEL MOSKOFF