History

DNA analysis of 14th-Century German Jews shows the Jewish Community was more genetically diverse than modern day Ashkenazim.

“At first, I thought it was a toy lying in the dirt, but an inner voice said to me: ‘Pick it up and turn it over!’"

“Iran will be fragmented,” Dr. Kedar predicts. “It is only a matter of time – and casualties, unfortunately.”

"We must bear witness to the atrocities of the past."

To the Jews of the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the birthplace of the Jewish Defense League, Rabbi Meir Kahane was nothing short of a Rebbe.

Smotrich lent his voice to millions of right-wing Israelis.

“Our location here in Israel is uniquely conducive to archaeomagnetic research, due to an abundance of well-dated archaeological findings."

Researchers were not able to determine whether it was the father or the son who defaced the wall.

Cutter joked about gassing synagogues and using a Jewish person’s head as a football.

During the Crusader period, in 1129, the Crusaders fortified the city to make it a military base from which to attack and conquer Damascus.

This political murder is considered a catastrophe of historical proportions, hence the fast on the 3rd of Tishrei.

Adams draws on her own experiences as a Jewish refugee from Odessa, Ukraine.

Once it had been discovered, the burial cave was disturbed by looters who stole some vessels.

Justice Ginsburg is remembered not only for her trailblazing time on the Supreme Court but also for her fashion statements.

"We will never forget."

Americans heard about Nazi persecution on their radios and read about it in the press.

"It was an act of bravery, and we, the Jewish people, owe his offspring a debt of gratitude."

In 1996, Gorbachev ran for president of Russia but won only 0.51% of the vote.

The event will begin in the Stadt casino Hall in Basel, the place where the First Zionist Congress hosted the first 208 delegates.

Guaranteed to be a best-seller, former (and future?) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his new autobiography is coming out.

The lid of one sarcophagus features a couple without identifying details, and the final carving of the faces was intended to be based on the faces of future customers.

Newton-John dabbled in Kabballah in her 2006 album Grace and Gratitude.

The exposed Roman arsenal includes hundreds of ballista stones that were launched using sophisticated machines to a distance of 100–400 yards.

Netanyahu proposed a brilliant plan to issue government bonds that would be tied to the housing price index.

If Netanyahu was less than enthusiastic about the Jerusalem declaration, he had one profound reason: Jared Kushner.

"I don’t like it when people make assumptions about me, and it’s not any better when I make assumptions about other people, which I did."

Renowned Swiss architect Mario Botta designed the building.

Rabbi Melamed said that if more people wish to pray in a mixed group, “the authorities will increase and expand the Ezrat Israel section for them as needed."

A plastered water cistern was uncovered near the same villa.

“It’s not just about winning military battles. It’s about having moral footings that come with being a believer in following a religious path,” said former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.