Archive for the ‘Israeli History and Archaeology’ Category
Monday, May 17th, 2010
by David Weinberg,
Director, CIC Israel Office
I encourage you to view this incredible photo archive, particularly the first section with photos from the fall of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem in 1948. It is a stunning reminder of the precarious situation of the Jewish state 62 ...
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli President Shimon Peres gave an historic address to the German Bundestag: Address by the President of the State of Israel H.E. Shimon Peres at the German BundestagInternational Holocaust Remembrance DayJanuary 27, 2010 [The speech was delivered in Hebrew] I stand here ...
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_3342" align="alignright" width="150" caption="This pottery shard has an ancient inscription in early Hebrew writing."][/caption]Scientists have discovered the earliest known Hebrew writing - an inscription dating from the 10th century B.C., during the period of King David's reign. The breakthrough could mean that portions of the Bible were written centuries ...
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
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A team of archaeologists and scientists has found the first known pieces of a burial shroud from the time of Jesus in a tomb in Jerusalem. The researchers, from Hebrew University and institutions in the ...
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Monday, December 14th, 2009
This excellent blog post from the Jewcy website takes on the Zionists-as-colonialists mythology:
The Myth of Jewish Colonialism
by Bataween, December 14, 2009
In much discourse about the Middle East, there is a widespread myth that Jews are interlopers from Europe and the US - white westerners who came to ‘colonise' and 'steal ...
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
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Ancient foot and sandal prints were found by Israeli archaeologists removing a mosaic floor for conservation in Lod. The mosaic, discovered in 1996 but only now being restored, is one of the biggest and most remarkable found in Israel, and ...
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
A 2,000-year-old ritual bath (mikveh) was discovered recently in Jerusalem's Western Wall tunnels. It was found inside a building containing three halls dating back to the Second Temple period, not far from the Western Wall. According to the Israel Antiquities Authority, this may be the bureau in which the Sanhedrin, ...
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Some 120 rare coins dating from the Bar-Kokhba revolt of the Jews against the Romans, 132-35 CE, have been discovered in a cave by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar-Ilan University. The archaeologists say the find proves the theory that Jews found refuge in the Judean Hills ...
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