Ancient Mikveh Discovered

A two-thousand-year-old mikveh (ritual bath) was discovered during renovations carried out in a private house in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ein Kerem. Archaeologists of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) were amazed to discover that a pair of wooden doors beneath a stylized rug concealed an ancient ritual bath. The large mikveh, which is complete, has

Who Are You, Eshba’al Ben Beda?

An aerial view of Khirbet Qeiyafa, where the sherds were discovered A rare inscription from the time of King David was discovered at Khirbet Qeiyafa in the Valley of Elah. A ceramic jar c. 3,000 years old that was broken into numerous sherds was discovered in 2012 during excavations carried out by Prof. Yosef Garfinkel

Advanced System Increases Rocket Warning Time on Gaza Border

Photo by IDF/wikipedia.org The IDF [Israel Defense Forces] is in the process of installing a new radar system that would significantly increase the warning time given to Israelis to take cover when a mortar shell is fired from the Gaza Strip, a senior Southern Command official said recently. One year after Operation Protective Edge, the

French Aliyah Increases in 2015

Photo by ChameleonsEye/shutterstock.com By July 31, 4,260 French immigrants had reached Israel, up 11% from the 3,830 who moved to Israel over the same period a year earlier, according to the Jewish Agency for Israel, which facilitates immigration. The figures mark the first time that more than 1% of a Western country’s Jewish population has

Report: Assad Retained Chemical Arsenal

PhotoSerg/ shutterstock.com United States intelligence agencies have confirmed that Syria’s President, Bashar al-Assad, remains in possession of chemical weapons, The Times of Israel reported. In 2013, Assad capitulated to international demands that he relinquish Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal after his regime used sarin gas against civilians in Damascus. The Times referenced a report in The

Building Bridges

Once in a while a Jewish person will say to one of us, “Don’t tell me what you believe! I’ll follow you around and then I will tell you what you believe.” After centuries of negative interaction between Christians and Jews, God has called us to build bridges of understanding, love and respect. We sorrow

Israeli Dream Doctors bring smiles to Nepalese Children

When David Barashi heard about the earthquake in Nepal, he filled a suitcase with wigs, face paint and a red clown’s nose, and boarded a plane for Kathmandu. Jaffa resident Barashi, 39, a street theater artist and a medical clown at Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, and Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, went

Israel in Nepal—Bridges for Peace Joins the Effort

Devastated communities. Unimaginable injuries and fatalities. A disaster of unspeakable dimension and magnitude. These are the words that Israel’s Magen David Adom paramedics used to describe the situation in earthquake-ravaged Nepal. Almost immediately after the disaster, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) dispatched a 747 jet carrying medical personnel, search and rescue teams, medical equipment and other

Israel at the UN: Radical Islam Dangerous as Nazism

“For Israel and the Jewish people, World War II is synonymous with the Holocaust. Families were torn apart, vibrant communities destroyed, and one third of the Jewish people—including one million children—were murdered. We are still haunted by the devastation. The numbers tattooed on the arms of our parents and grandparents are an enduring reminder of

Prelude to Savagery: Iran Promotes Blood Libel of the Jews

Throughout the 1930s, Hitler groomed his culture and his continent for unspeakable savagery. He did this by glorifying his country’s collective ego and asserting the racial superiority of ‘Aryans’ who were on the cusp of a millennium of global rule. He also did it by demonizing Jews as the primary obstacle to a golden age

Recipe: Marinated Chicken

During the summer in Israel, it is common to find the grill on and loaded with delicious food. Marinated dark chicken meat is a favorite for grilling because it is juicy and tender. When the days are hot, grilled chicken is a light protein source as well. Enjoy this quick and easy recipe that everyone

Yom Kippur War—42 Years Later

6 October 1973 dawned without a hint of the perils to come. It was the Day of Atonement—or Yom Kippur in Hebrew—the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. And the people of Israel observed it the way their fathers and their fathers’ fathers did for countless generations—prostrated in fasting and prayer. Since sundown the night

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