Posts Tagged: Jewish History
Purim Guide for the Perplexed, 2017
Purim’s historical background 586 BCE: Babylonian Emperor Nebuchadnezzar's destruction of the First Temple on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, and his expulsion of Jews from Judea and Samaria, triggered a wave...
‘Palestine’: Who Has Moral High Ground?
"Even if the Palestinians agree that their state have no army or weapons, who can guarantee that a Palestinian army would not be mustered later...
Fictional Hebron
A trio of Californian-American-Jewish novelists, whose religion is liberalism, have recently discovered the ancient biblical city of Hebron. But they demonstrate little fondness for the city...
Protesting Lithuania’s Plans to Build a Convention Center Over a Jewish Cemetery
One of the contemporary Jewish world’s most impressive yet unsung scholars is the unassuming Professor Shnayer Leiman of New York. Aside from being an ordained Orthodox...
Long Island Judaica Auction House Owner Displays 175-Year-Old Ukrainian Menorah Worth $200,000
Hanukkah menorahs are not generally thought of as luxury items, but at a Judaica auction house in Long Island there is one valued at $200,000,...
Israel’s UN Ambassador Mocks PA President’s Plan to Sue Britain for Balfour Declaration: ‘Why Not Go After Egypt for the Exodus?’
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday sarcastically called on the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to consider suing Egypt, France and Iran for their...
400-Year-Old Jewish Cemetery in Turkey to Be Restored in Effort to Commemorate Once-Vibrant Jewish Community in Milas
A 400-year-old Jewish cemetery in southwestern Turkey will be restored as part of local efforts to commemorate the area's once-vibrant Jewish community, Turkey’s Daily Sabah...
New App Revives Jewish History of Crete
JNS.org - The Canadian and Israeli embassies in Greece this week launched a new mobile phone application teaching users about the Jewish history of Crete, including...
On Hanukkah, We Celebrate Those Who Gave Their Lives for Judaism
Hanukkah is a time to reflect upon the many ways that the Festival of Lights has impacted Jewry throughout history. In the era following the conquest of the...
Israel: UN’s Temple Mount Stance Ignores Palestinian Violence, Jewish History
JNS.org - Israel blasted a United Nations Security Council statement about the ongoing tension at the Temple Mount, saying the statement "completely ignores" both Palestinian violence...
Fusing Israeli and Holocaust History, Novel Offers a ‘Middle Eastern Western’
JNS.org - There is a game that all of us have played at some time in our lives. We ask ourselves: What would my life be...
Global Jewish Genealogy Database Grows to 1 Million Entries
JNS.org - A growing Jewish genealogy database announced that it has reached 1 million entries. The Knowles Collection, which globally links generations of Jewish families,...
British Christian Zionist Hailed as ‘Godfather’ of IDF Reburied in Israel
JNS.org - The ashes of John Henry Patterson, a British Christian Zionist hailed as the "godfather" of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) by Israeli Prime...
Defaming Jews: What Else is New?
Many centuries before Jerusalem was conquered by King David and became the capital of the united kingdom of Judea and Samaria, Hebron was already deeply...
