Jewish Telegraphic Agency2y
The ancient Jewish practice of hakhel, an every-7-years gathering, gets a 21st-century revival
What happens when neither of those exists? (JTA) — Every seven years, in ancient times, Jewish men, women, and children would gather at the Temple on the first day of Sukkot to hear the king of ...
The Christian Post2d
Armenian church wants Israel to stop foreclosure of 1,700-year-old property in Jerusalem
The Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem issued an urgent call for Israeli authorities to stop a government plan to seize and ...
PBS8y
Tracing the Cohanim
Members of the Jewish priesthood (Cohanim) are an unusual group in that the men of this ancient priestly class can claim descent from a single male ancestor. According to biblical accounts ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency2d
There aren’t Jewish fighters in Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II.’ But what about in ancient Rome?
But many have occupied themselves with questions about the role of Jews in ancient ... with the Jewish audience, “foreign to Jewish custom,” and “a glaring impiety to throw men to wild ...