In a letter to Rabbi Noam Marans of the American Jewish Committee, Pope Leo XIV expressed his intention to strengthen Catholic-Jewish relations.

The Arch of Titus Built by Emperor Domitian in A.D. 81 to honor his brother, the late emperor Titus, this arch is located on the Via Sacra, the route followed by the triumphal processions. Luigi ...

For Jews, the Arch of Titus was a place of humiliation. Stephen Fine, in his excellent book “The Menorah , ” mentions a Papal ritual that lasted until the 1500’s.

He led an international team intent on understanding the arch of Titus through the state of art technology, demonstrating that the menorah on the inside relief panel of the arch was of “golden ...

During this year’s Hanukkah celebration, King of Saints Tabernacle in Cleveland, Texas, will unveil a groundbreaking creation: a full-size, biblically and archaeologically accurate model of the ...

A relief on the Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum depicts Roman soldiers carrying the menorah from the Temple in Jerusalem after destroying the sacred structure in A.D. 70.

Menorah from the Second Temple The Roman Forum, which is a relief from the Arch of Titus showing the triumphal procession after the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. (Image credit: Werner ...

Was it looted by the Romans and taken to Rome to be depicted on the Arch of Titus? If so, is it still kept in the cellars of the Vatican?The 2,000 years later, search for Second Temple menorah ...

The possibility that the menorah used in the Second Temple in Jerusalem is hidden deep in the cellars of the Vatican has excited researchers, rabbis and adventurers for generations. Let’s jump to the ...

This past Sunday night we hosted our annual hanukkiah (Hanukkah menorah) lighting at the Wellington arch, a stone’s throw away from His Majesty’s Buckingham Palace. As I climbed the ladder to ...

A relief on the arch shows soldiers triumphantly holding aloft artifacts plundered from the Temple, most prominently its great golden menorah. The news service quickly realized its blunder .

The Arch of Titus, in the city’s historic center, was built nearly 2,000 years ago to celebrate the eponymous Roman general’s conquering of Jerusalem and destruction of its Holy Temple.