October 1, 2024

‘Most exciting find in a millennium’: Oldest Hebrew book goes on display in Washington

The Afghan Liturgical Quire, which has been dated to the eighth century, on view in the exhibit “Sacred Words: Revealing the Earliest Hebrew Book” at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 29. Photo by Menachem Wecker. […]
September 27, 2024

PA leader Abbas: Temple Mount is “exclusive property of Muslims”

Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the U.N. General Assembly at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City on Sept. 26, 2024. Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images. by Mike Wagenheim (JNS) — In an address […]
September 16, 2024

‘Greatest discovery since Dead Sea Scrolls,’ Megiddo mosaic goes on view at Bible Museum in DC

A portion of the mosaic, dated to about the year 230, on view in the exhibit “The Megiddo Mosaic: Foundations of Faith” at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 15, 2024. Photo by Menachem Wecker. by […]
August 30, 2024

Rare First Temple-era stone seal unearthed in Jerusalem

A 2,700-year-old stone seal inscribed in paleo-Hebrew with the name “LeYehoʼezer ben Hoshʼayahu”—“For Yeho’ezer son of Hosh’ayahu.” Credit: Eliyahu Yanai/City of David. (JNS) — A rare and unique First Temple-era stone seal inscribed with a name in paleo-Hebrew script has […]
June 11, 2024

Christians more interested than Jews over where Mount Sinai actually was

Saint Catherine’s Monastery with Willow Peak, traditionally considered Mount Horeb, or Mount Sinai, in the background. Credit: Joonas Plaan/Wikipedia. by Sarah Ogince (JNS) — When the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization designated the “Saint Catherine Area” as a […]
April 26, 2024

Archaeology, Passover and the Truth of Zionism

Four 1,900-year-old Roman swords found during an archaeological dig in the Judean Desert on display during a press conference at the Israel Antiquity Institute in Jerusalem, on Sept. 6, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90. by Moshe Phillips Israeli archaeologists in […]
August 24, 2023

National Geographic deprecates Jewish, Christian theology and ignores archeological fact

The Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Jan. 3, 2023. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90. by Karen Bekker (CAMERA) — Earlier this summer we saw multiple media outlets using various methods to attempt to separate Jews from their holiest site, […]
May 3, 2023

Biblical site from Joshua’s time under threat from Palestinian construction

The location of biblical Gilgal in Samaria. Photo by Rgrobman via Wikimedia Commons. by Hanan Greenwood (Israel Hayom) — Preserving the Eternal, an advocacy group that seeks to prevent the destruction of Jewish national heritage sites by Palestinians, has sounded […]
December 15, 2022

2,200-year-old coins first evidence in Judean desert of Maccabean revolt

A 2,200-year-old cache of silver coins found in the Judean Desert. Photo by Shai Halevi/Israel Antiquities Authority. (JNS) — Israeli archaeologists have discovered a small hoard of silver coins in the Judean Desert dating to the reign of Antioch IV, […]
October 27, 2022

Geomagnetic data used by researchers match Biblical accounts

A researcher takes measurements at an archaeological site in Israel. Credit: Tel Aviv University. (JNS) — An Israeli scientific breakthrough has enabled researchers to verify biblical accounts of wars between ancient Jewish kingdoms and their enemies, according to a statement […]