History

"If Zionism is a dirty word then Judaism must be likewise, because all of our Jewish sources, tradition and culture revolve around Israel, it is impossible to separate one from the other."

Construction of the Shelby White and Leon Levy Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center is underway to display world-class archaeological finds inside a modern complex.

"Our roots trace back to here . . . Not far from here the Children of Israel entered the Promised Land."

Senator Cruz's resolution proposes that the Senate condemns any past, present, or future efforts at UNESCO to delegitimize Israel through attempts to rewrite and deny the history of Jerusalem.

The IDF press release says only Israelis may choose the logo, but when we went in and picked our choice, the website made no attempt to verify that we are card carrying Israelis.

What turned him around, he confessed, was the way his own extremist brothers (and sisters) were treating him for being gay.

"Petilura was anything but an honest man. He was a cruel barbarian, indisputably responsible for pogroms in which 35,000-40,000 Jews were murdered."

Should Kurz form a right-wing coalition with the Freedom Party, Austria would join Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and Poland’s Law and Justice government in pursuing tough policies on borders, refugees and migration.

The Arab municipality of Hebron plans to challenge the project in Israel’s Supreme Court.

"This new ability to study gravitational waves is analogous to a sense of touch."

Photographs included in the show span more than 50 years and four continents, from Gruber’s groundbreaking reportage of the Soviet Arctic in the 1930s and iconic images of Jewish refugees on the ship Exodus 1947, to her later photographs of Ethiopian Jews in the midst of civil war in the 1980s.

Excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered large portions of courses of the Western Wall that have been hidden for 1,700 years, including an ancient Roman theater.

"The texts we study are ancient, but the ideas are as exciting and relevant as ever.”

Dignitaries from around the world, senior UN officials, ambassadors and leaders from the pro-Israel community will join Israel’s Mission to the UN at the event.

Eroding the Jewish heritage of Solomon's pools much like the Arabs have neglected and permitted the erosion of the pools and their distribution system since the pools were handed over to them by the Oslo Accords, is a slap in the face of the Jewish nation.

After the vote, Azoulay said, "if my nomination is confirmed, my first action would be to restore the agency's credibility and the confidence of member states in its ability to confront the challenges that only UNESCO can face."

'The President's Residence is the home of all the citizens of the State of Israel, each of you here are guests and also hosts.'

The Spanish Constitutional Court ruled a referendum held in Catalonia on October 1 was 'invalid' but 90 percent voted for secession.

A Spokesman for the Temple Organization Headquarters said there is no more appropriate time than the jubilee year for the liberation of the Temple Mount to renew the Temple service in its proper place, on the Temple Mount.

Gliński is irate at the exhibition which presents Poland, France and Ukraine as states and nations that collaborated with the Holocaust, while Germany is presented "only as the country that exemplifies the holocaust."

Recently retired Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, also an Orthodox Jew, told Army Radio he saw no problem in his former colleague's attending the ceremony as a private person.

Palij pleaded in court that he was forced to serve as a guard at the slave labor camp during World War II.

"With this day of hope and suffering, the citizens of Catalonia have won the right to an independent state in the form a republic."

“The government that sent our sons to this war should be expected to send a minister to the ceremony,” said Eli Ben-Shalom, chairman of Yad L’Banim.

“His comments. . . should not be read as a way to prejudge the outcome of any negotiations that the U.S. would have with the Israelis and the Palestinians."

According to the finds, the site remained abandoned for years and resettled in the Byzantine period, by a Christian population.

Celebrate together with the People of Israel as we mark a half-century since the liberation of Judea and Samaria.

Israel is concerned over the rise of anti-Semitism among political elements from the right and left, and among Islamic elements.

"Following a reexamination of the issue, it was decided that there was no room for a representative of the judiciary to participate in the event."

In case you were curious, the Dachau concentration camp is one of the final stops on the Uniworld Cruise.