Struggling with mourning on Tisha b’Av? Join the oh-so-Jewish club of ‎confusion

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on July 27, 2012

Is Jesus really Kosher?

Published on February 24, 2012

Shmuley Boteach’s "Kosher Jesus" (Jerusalem and New York: Gefen, 2011) is a bold attempt by a person of great ability with no formal training in New Testament studies or the study of Second Temple Judaism to present a Jewish treatment of the founder of Christianity, his relationship to the Jewish people, and the narrative of his life in the Gospels. Beyond that, Boteach sets forth an entirely new and controversial paradigm for Jewish understanding of Jesus and for Jewish-Christian relations.

Second Temple artifacts uncovered in Jerusalem

Published on August 8, 2011

Artifacts from the Second Temple period were found in Jerusalem.

U.S. professor arrested for trafficking stolen antiquities

Published on May 18, 2011

A retired history professor from the United States was arrested for allegedly smuggling stolen antiquities from Israel and selling them illegally. The American man sold among other things, bronze and silver coins from the Second Temple period and a 1,500-year-old clay oil lamp.

VIDEO: Archaeologists excavate 2100-year-old wall in Jerusalem

Published on September 5, 2008

A 2,100-year-old section of the wall surrounding Jerusalem, dating from Hasmonean times, has been unearthed on Mount Zion, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday. The excavations have revealed part of the expanded southern city wall, from the Second Temple period, when ancient Jerusalem was at its largest.

Shuls to observe Tisha B’Av through study, films

Published on August 6, 2008

Tisha B'Av -- the ninth day of the month of Av -- is a day of fasting and mourning to commemorate some of the greatest tragedies to befall the Jewish people, among them the destruction of both Holy Temples in Jerusalem and the expulsion from Spain in 1492

Yeshiva student apologizes, Obama’s prayer returned to Western Wall

Published on July 27, 2008

. . . and the Rabbi in charge of the Kotel says the publication of the note was wrong

Obama's note at the Western Wall asks for God's guidance [VIDEO]

Published on July 25, 2008

. . . and the Rabbi in charge of the Kotel says the publication of the note was wrong

A Small Piece of Jerusalem’s Past

By Kelly Hartog
Published on March 10, 2005

If you're planning a visit to Jerusalem, it's a must to visit the model of the Second Temple at the Holyland Hotel in Bayit Vegan. Occupying one-quarter of an acre and at a scale of 1:50, the model is an impressive sight.

But if you can't make it to the Holy Land anytime soon, then the Scottish Rite Auditorium in Midtown Los Angeles offers the next best thing. Tucked away on the second floor in a self-contained room stands a replica of the Second Temple, painstakingly built on a 1:100 scale by Jerusalem artist Rabbi Shalom Ifergan.