A virtual reality visit to the Second Temple
Ten million visitors come every year to the Western Wall to view the sole remaining part of the Second Temple complex. Now, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation is presenting a new, high-tech way for visitors More...
Destruction of both Temples supported by archaeological findings
For nearly two thousand years, Jews have mourned the destruction of the Temples. They have traditionally relied on the account of the First Temple’s destruction as told in the Bible and the external More...
Mysterious 2, 000-year-old podium found near Temple Mount in City of David
Jerusalem archaeologists have announced an intriguing find of a pyramid-shaped staircase constructed of large ashlar stones that could have been used as a soapbox or monumental platform during the Second More...
$70 Million Global Center for Jewish Excellence to Open in Yavneh
Yavneh, Israel, has been chosen as the venue for The Global Center for Jewish Excellence. Throughout history the Jewish people has been prominent in all domains of the human spirit and mind ranging from More...
Archeological Artifacts, Cultural Complexities, Pose No Challenge for Jerusalem’s Light Rail
Jerusalem is arguably the world’s most complex city. It is a place of sanctity for three faiths; a site of antiquity; home to a diverse population; and capital of a nation with an ancient heritage and forward-looking More...
Palestinians clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa compound
– JERUSALEM – Israeli police came under a barrage of rocks and flares from Palestinians in clashes in Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest shrine in Islam, on Monday More...
Scientists Discover Why Western Wall Stones Are Eroding at an Alarming Rate
– Visitors to the Western Wall in Jerusalem can see that some of its stones are extremely eroded. This is good news for people placing prayer notes in the wall’s cracks and crevices, but presents More...