Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 1,700-year-old oil lamp decorated with rare Jewish artwork, including a unique ...

A rare 1,700-year-old lamp with Jewish Temple symbols has been uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority ...

Elf on the Shelf, meet the Mensch on the Bench. As the two holidays converge, test your knowledge of Christmas and Hanukkah ...

Haroun Nasser al-Din, a member of Hamas's diplomatic bureau and the movement's Jerusalem office chief, is calling on the Muslim public to come to the al-Aqsa Mosque to strengthen the Muslim hold ...

The Seleucids captured the holy Temple of Jerusalem and defiled it by erecting an altar to the Greek god Zeus inside. Antiochus outlawed the Jewish faith and mandated the worship of Greek gods.

Hanukkah's history commemorates the rescue of Jews from oppression in the 2nd century BCE with the religious rededication of the second temple in Jerusalem. It's celebrated for eight nights ...

Hanukah (Hebrew for Dedication) refers both to: The rededication of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem after it was profaned in 168 BCE by an idol installed in it by the Syrian Greek king Antiochus ...

Israeli authorities arrested a 23-year-old Jerusalem resident on charges of espionage and planning a terror attack on behalf of Iranian intelligence, it was cleared ...

Rabbi Asher Deutsch, leader of the extremist "Jerusalem Faction" (Hapeleg Hayerushalmi) and dean of the Ponevezh Yeshiva, passed away Monday at age 79. Earlier on Monday, Kikar Hashabbat reported ...