Second Temple
'A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig': A Hebrew, Talmud, rabbinic expert goes ‘whole hog’
At the beginning of the Second Temple period, in the Persian era of the 4th to 5th centuries BCE, pigs did not have a unique status; other animals were viewed as equally non-kosher.
If not stopped, Israel's destruction will come from internal division - opinion
The Cyrus Accords: The beginning of a new chapter in Israel-Iran relations - opinion
Baseless hatred destroyed the temple, baseless love must save this nation - editorial
First-of-its-kind discovery: Ancient coin from Second Temple Era reveals rebel mindset
The rare bronze coin engraved in Hebrew with 'For the Redemption of Zion' was found near the southwest corner of the Temple Mount in the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden – Davidson Center.
2,000-year-old ‘Freedom of Zion’ coin unearthed in Jerusalem stuns Milei
“The roots of Judaism and Christianity, followed today by billions of people around the world, originate right here — from Jerusalem.”
'Letters from Home': Exploring tension among Jews in in the Second Temple era - review
The relationship between the Jewish communities of Egypt and Israel created an underlying tension, not unlike the modern-day relationship between world Jewry and the Jews of the State of Israel.
The essence of Purim was never the Diaspora. It was always Jerusalem - opinion
The events in Shushan were never merely about the Jews of Persia. Just a few years before Esther’s miraculous rise, we had begun our return to Jerusalem, laying the foundations of the Second Temple.
The Finger of Og or Herod's Pillar? A Jerusalem archaeological mystery
The 12.15-meter-long and approximately 1.75-m -wide column is thought to have been quarried in order to decorate the Second Temple.
Ancient Jewish quarter of Phanagoria discovered in Black Sea area of Russia
Phanagoria's 1st century BCE synagogue was discovered last year, following excavations on the ancient Greek city.
Jerusalem in its glory: Reconstructing the Sukkot pilgrimage to the Second Temple
What was the pilgrims’ visit to Jerusalem on Sukkot during the Second Temple like?
A letter to Lebanon: Could Northern Arrows free Lebanon from Hezbollah? - opinion
Center Field: A breakthrough in Beirut could lead to a regional turnaround with Tehran, something in everyone's best interest.
Our future is at risk if level of hatred among us is not reduced - opinion
We believe that the most important lesson of Jewish history is that an independent Jewish state is not something that can be taken for granted.
Hopefully this will be the first and last 'real' Tisha B'Av after October 7 - opinion
For the first time, I truly understood what it means to mourn for the destruction of the Temple, for the loss of our homeland, and for the countless lives that have been taken in the name of hatred.
Ancient lamps that may have been used by Jewish rebels unearthed in Jerusalem
Within the soil, researchers unearthed pottery lamps which can be dated to the end of the Second Temple era, with soot residue indicating the fire that burned in them.
