When many people hear the word temple, they think of a sacred building, rituals, priests, and sacrifices but the idea of the temple, as per the Bible, is much d ...

The Temple Mount refers to a flat plaza situated above the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, and it is considered a holy site in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alike. According to Jewish ...

Under the new policy, Jewish visitors may enter the site with a single prayer page, provided it is prepared in advance and ...

Israeli police shut down a screening of Palestinian 2026 Oscar entry Palestine 36 in Jerusalem last week in a move described ...

A fast-growing network rooted in hereditary priestly families is turning ancient roles into modern professional communities, ...

The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism, where the First Temple was built by King Solomon and the Second Temple was ...

One of Israel’s leading archaeologists, he found evidence that the writing of the Old Testament likely began much earlier ...

Barkay’s name became inseparable from Ketef Hinnom, a burial complex on the western edge of Jerusalem where his excavations uncovered tiny silver amulets inscribed in ancient Hebrew, widely recognized ...

The status quo at the site has generally barred Jewish visitors from bringing religious items such as prayer books and ...

Israeli police have allowed Jewish visitors to bring printed prayer texts onto the Temple Mount for the first time, marking a ...

After years of rebellion and messianic fervor, Rome unleashed its full power on Jerusalem in 70 AD. This chapter follows the ...

In 1925, the Supreme Muslim Council published a guide to the Temple Mount for tourists that said the site’s “identity with ...