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Oldest Jewish Tombstone Found

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100

A tombstone discovered in Germany dating back to the thirteenth century during a construction project holds the distinction of being the oldest surviving Jewish grave stone.

Second Temple seal 'pure for God' found in Jerusalem

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

A rare clay seal found under Jerusalem's Old City appears to be linked to religious rituals practiced at the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago.

Israeli experts decode only Arabic Crusader inscription ever found

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Name of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and date '1229' found on 800-year-old Jaffa wall long thought by archaeologists to be artifact of relatively recent Ottoman period.

Dead Sea Scrolls goes online

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The famous 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls are now available for viewing online in high-resolution, thanks to Google and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Aron Kodesh Found Underground in Vilnius

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The site of a 16th century Aron Kodesh of The Great Synagogue of Vilnius was uncovered. Lithuania's Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius visited with Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky.

Best-Preserved House from the Period of the Kingdom of Israel Is Uncovered in Haifa

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Exceptional detective-archaeological work at the first season of archaeological digs at Tel Shikmona has uncovered the remains of a house dating back to the period of the Kingdom of Israel.

2,000-year-old burial box is the real deal

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

A 2,000 year-old ossuary, discovered in Israel in 2008 and belonging to the daughter of the High Priest Caiaphas, is said to be authentic by the Israel Antiquities Authority Unit.

You are here: Home / News / Hitler's First Antisemitic Letters acquired by Simon Wiesenthal Center Hitler's First Antisemitic Letters acquired

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The Simon Wiesenthal Center has acquired at a price of 100,000 pounds, Hitler's oldest known written expression of his hatred for Jews.

Dispute with US group over Jewish holy texts leads Russia to freeze cultural loans to US

Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200

A decades-long dispute between Russia and an Orthodox Jewish group over ownership of holy texts collected for centuries by influential rabbis and seized by the Soviet Union has threatening cultural loans between the two countries.

Pope: Jews not to blame for Christ's crucifixion

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Pope has exonerated the Jewish people for the death of Christ, insisting that they must not be collectively blamed for his death.

Yad Vashem, Google announce joint archive project

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100

A joint project between Yad Vashem and Google will make public access to Nazi-era documents and photographs easier.

Klaus Barbie was West German agent

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Notorious Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie was a secret agent for West German intelligence in Bolivia after World War II, German magazine Spiegel reported on Monday.

Chatam Sofer - Legendary rabbi from Bratislava

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Moses Schreiber, known to his own community and Jewish posterity as Moshe Sofer, also known by his main work Chasam Sofer, (trans. Seal of the Scribe and acronym for Chidushei Toras Moshe Sofer), (1762 - 1839), was one of the leading Orthodox rabbis of European Jewry in the first half of the nineteenth century.