Ancient Shiloh: A new stop on the tourist map?

Published on August 14, 2012

Travis Allen was spending three weeks in 2009 driving around Israel visiting historic sites when he suddenly noticed Shiloh on the map and asked his driver if they could go to the site of the archaeological dig. What Allen, a financial advisor from California who’s making his first run for public office, remembers vividly is what was not there. People.

China’s Ancient Jewish Enclave

Published on April 5, 2010

Through a locked door in the coal-darkened boiler room of No. 1 Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Kaifeng, there’s a well lined with Ming Dynasty bricks. It’s just a few yards deep and still holds water. Guo Yan, 29, an eager, bespectacled native of this Chinese city on the flood plains of the Yellow River about 600 miles south of Beijing, led me to it one recent Friday afternoon, past the doormen accustomed to her visits.

‘Massive’ ancient wall uncovered in Jerusalem [VIDEO]

Published on September 4, 2009

An archaeological dig in Jerusalem has turned up a 3,700-year-old wall that is the largest and oldest of its kind found in the region, experts say.

Escape, exile, rebirth: Iranian Jewish diaspora alive and well in Los Angeles

By Karmel Melamed
Published on September 4, 2008

Thirty years have passed since the massive and violent demonstrations against the Shah of Iran that began in September 1978, and for many, the start of that country's bloody revolution might seem a faded memory. Yet I have carried those shattering events with me all of my life: I was born on in Tehran on Sept. 11, 1978, as chaos unfolded on the streets outside

Arab to deliver Hebrew TV news,  new ancient neighborhood discovered in Jerusalem, Hamas still wants

Published on March 15, 2007

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Israel Launches First Underwater Museum

By Leora Eren Frucht
Published on June 15, 2006

Divers can now don their wetsuits and tour the sign-posted remains of the magnificent harbor at Caesarea built by King Herod to honor his Roman patron, Caesar Augustus.

Qumran Offers Look at Legacy of Scrolls

By Lisa Alcalay Klug
Published on November 17, 2005

Archaeologists believe the Essenes were highly concerned with maintaining their ritual purity and bathed at least twice a day. An aqueduct system caught water from the hills above and channeled it into an elaborate series of mikvahs, or ritual baths.

Who’s Your Mummy?

By Tom Teicholz
Published on October 20, 2005

Currently the L.A. area is hosting two world-class exhibitions of ancient Egyptian artifacts: King Tut has taken up residence in Mid-Wilshire in the LACMA annex. Less than an hour away, in Santa Ana (of the eponymous hot winds), the Bowers Museum is showcasing one of the greatest exhibits of mummies ever seen in the United Statesfrom the collection of the British Museum.

Local Team Solves Ancient Mystery

By Gaby Wenig
Published on October 14, 2004

In 1979 two tiny pieces of cracked and deteriorated silver found in a tomb outside of the Old City of Jerusalem proved to be one of the most important archeological discoveries of the century.

Kershaw Museum Plans Ethiopian Show

By Journal Report
Published on July 1, 2004

"A lot of people went to Israel when the country was new and bought Yemenite art, but they didn't tell you it was Yemenite," said the museum's director and founder, Norma Kershaw. "Ancient or modern, whatever people have" would be welcomed.