In the first known interaction between the two nations, the ancient Persians freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon.

A recent study explores Phoenician ritual bathing traditions in Israel, showing how water rituals played a central role in ...

"100 Objects from the Collections of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research" shows a sampling of the institutes archive.

Zias, published in the journal Levant, reveals how ancient Phoenicians may have incorporated cleansing into their religious ...

The millennia-old community of some 15,000, the Mideast's largest outside Israel, condemns Israel's preemptive strikes on the ...

She is continuing to create work with Jewish themes, even though she is up against antisemitism in the art world as well.

It should be a strip of land open to all, not something closed,” says Meir Dana-Picard, a leader of the 2005 resistance ...

While the Western Wall and Temple Mount are closed off along with the rest of the ancient quarters for security reasons, the ...

Archaeologists have identified Egyptian Pharaoh Siamun as the one who probably gave the ancient city of Gezer as a dowry to ...

This is when he discovered his love of books. As an adult, David devoted himself to collecting and studying ancient Jewish manuscripts from around the world. He amassed the most valuable private ...

Archaeologists have always worked to connect the stories in ancient texts with what lies buried underground. These efforts ...

Archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop in Greece, revealing a trove of unfinished projects and other curiosities. The project was announced by Greece's Ministry of Culture in a ...