In the early 2010s, antiquity dealers began approaching Israeli institutions with startling offerings: centuries-old manuscripts that had been found in the caves of northern Afghanistan. Spanning ...
A portrait of Jonas Phillips. (Photo courtesy of the Museum of the American Revolution and the American Jewish Historical Society) In the summer of 1776, Philadelphia was in the process of changing ...
(The Center Square) – Rare Jewish artifacts housed at a Cincinnati university are now under the protection of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. Yost announced a settlement with Hebrew Union College on ...
The discovery of a carved stone in ancient Magdala has given archaeologists a rare, almost cinematic glimpse into how Jews in the Second Temple period may have pictured the sacred menorah in Jerusalem ...
WARSAW, Poland – A backhoe operator working on a construction site in Poland dug up a glass decanter filled with valuables, including Jewish artifacts. Among the objects discovered inside the decanter ...
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Stitched in faith, woven in memory, these precious artifacts bind Jews to their history
The red stitching has long since faded, and the hand-woven linen has softened from white to ivory. Embroidered with a menorah, a double-headed eagle, a lion, and a Magen David, the 18th-century Torah ...
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