A fortification in the heart of the capital was likely built shortly after the Hanukkah story took place. Now experts are ...

Zionists draw on the military imagery of Hanukkah, while others look to the synagogue prayers that focus on the miracle of ...

The Hasmonean Palaces, damaged by graffiti and looting, will open to visitors during the holiday following restoration efforts.The post Ancient Jewish site damaged by vandalism to reopen during Chanuk ...

Archaeologists finished excavating foundations of the ancient wall that surrounded Jerusalem when the story of Hanukkah took ...

This section of wall, dating back to the Hasmonean dynasty, is nearly 50 meters long and about 5 meters wide. It is believed ...

Archaeologists finished excavating foundations of the ancient wall that surrounded Jerusalem when the story of Hanukkah took ...

The long road to the Jewish Diaspora did not begin with Titus in 70 CE or Hadrian in 135 CE. It began a century earlier, when a bitterly divided Jewish leadership invited a foreign superpower to step ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered one of the longest, best-preserved stretches of Hasmonean-era city wall ever found ...

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a royal palace at the Alexandrium fortress, offering fresh insights into ...

Rioters outside Park East synagogue in New York recently chanted genocidal screeds such as “There is only one solution: intifada revolution” and “we don’t want no two states, we want all of it.” But ...

A team of Israeli archaeologists has uncovered a new piece of the puzzle at the ancient Alexandrium fortress, the dramatic mountaintop site rising 650 meters above the Jordan Valley. Months after ...