I have always been fascinated by the idea of walking through history, imagining the lives of people who lived thousands of ...

This is not something I knew when I washed up on the banks of the Ganges at the age of twenty-three, looking for my own ...

After Israel's longest war and the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign tourists are beginning to return to Israel, with 1.3 million ...

A senior Israeli rabbi published a biblical-style prayer calling for the downfall of Iran’s clerical regime. A senior Israeli ...

JTA — In the weeks after Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023, religiously charged videos started circulating on social media. Dozens of young women posted videos of themselves cutting up their “immodest ...

For 40 years, Christian Zionism was a powerful force in American politics. A new generation on the right is taking cues from elsewhere. By Jonathan Mahler When historians look back on President ...

(RNS) — Conservatives have long seen supporting Israel as an act of faith. Now, critics such as Tucker Carlson say Christian Zionism is a heresy, while more progressive Christian voices denounce ...

Israeli authorities are encroaching on the ancient site of Sebastia in the West Bank to create a tourist attraction aimed at settlers, raising worries of the displacement of Palestinians. An ancient ...

Israeli authorities are encroaching on the ancient site of Sebastia in the West Bank to create a tourist attraction aimed at settlers, raising worries of the displacement of Palestinians. KUOW is ...

An ancient historical site stretching to the time of the Bible is at the center of a new battle for land in the occupied West Bank. Israel is seizing the area to turn it into a tourist site aimed at ...

Archaeologists have finished uncovering the longest continuous remains of an ancient wall that encircled Jerusalem, including possible evidence of a 2,100-year-old ceasefire between warring kingdoms.