The 12.15-meter-long and approximately 1.75-m -wide column is thought to have been quarried in order to decorate the Second ...

Jerusalem Post's news editor talks with the Ethiopian ambassador about historical connections and flourishing partnerships.

Explore the symbolism behind the Ner Tamid, the eternal light in the synagogue, and its significance during Hanukkah.

A 1,700-year-old ceramic oil lamp, decorated with depictions of the Temple of Jerusalem’s menorah, has been uncovered in the city, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Thursday. The lamp, ...

A rare 1,700-year-old lamp with Jewish Temple symbols has been uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Thursday. Excavation Director Michael Chernin explained the ...

My earliest religious memory is of our synagogue’s Ner Tamid: the decorative electric lamp that hangs in every sanctuary, ...

Haroun Nasser al-Din, a member of Hamas's diplomatic bureau and the movement's Jerusalem office chief, is calling on the Muslim public to come to the al-Aqsa Mosque to strengthen the Muslim hold ...

In 168 B.C.E., the empire forbade Jewish practices, hoping to forcibly assimilate the Jews into Greek culture, and desecrated the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem – extinguishing the candelabra ...

In later Jewish history, that candelabra became the model for ... Temples in Jerusalem — the center of the Israelites’ worship. The first stood from the time of King Solomon in the 10th ...

The Seleucids captured the holy Temple of Jerusalem and defiled it by erecting an altar to the Greek god Zeus inside. Antiochus outlawed the Jewish faith and mandated the worship of Greek gods.