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Earlier this month a team of researchers from the Netherlands and Belgium made headlines when they claimed to have devised a method of using artificial intelligence (AI) to date the Dead Sea Scrolls.

This is Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens’ depiction of Judah Maccabee’s triumph in the rebellion he led against the Seleucid Empire from 167-164 B.C. Rubens lived from 1577-1640. (Courtesy Photo) A ...

On June 26, 2012, the Cologne, Germany regional court ruled that circumcising young boys is a criminal offense because it constitutes “illegal bodily harm.” The court held that a child’s right to ...

Jews throughout the world are celebrating Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, by lighting candles on a unique, eight-branched candelabra, the menorah. Each evening the middle candle from the holder, ...

Why the rescue of the Chilean miners was a “great miracle,” and what it tells us about Hanukkah. First, the merriest of Christmases to the 33 men who spent two months trapped in a Chilean mine earlier ...

Every book in the Bible has its own messages. In Isaiah we hear voices of both doom and healing. In First and Second Timothy, we hear the words of a senior pastor to a young and new church leader. In ...

(CNN) — Here is some background information about the Jewish holiday Hanukkah. In 2024, Hanukkah will start on December 25 at sunset and will end January 2, at sunset. In 2023, Hanukkah will start on ...

Greetings from Antiochus Epiphanes: The earliest evidence to date for the use of ceramic rooftiles in the Land of Israel has been uncovered in the City of David National Park surrounding the walls of ...

Hanukkah reaffirms the ideals of Judaism and commemorates in particular the rededication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem by the lighting of candles on each day of the festival. Cottonbro Studio ...