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by Yoni Israel The West only knows of Islam what its own scholars and experts convey. Some of the nature of Islam can also be gleaned from the behavior of Muslim propagandists living in the West. But for their part, Muslims don’t care to know what the West teaches about their history and religion. It makes sense, therefore, to learn directly from Muslims how they see Islam. Additionally, the West, including the large Jewish community there, knows little, if anything, about the Jewish communi...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, What does the Holocaust mean? How could it have happened? These questions have been asked so many times they are almost cliché. We ask them because we feel powerless when we are faced with it. ...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, I was born in Vitebsk, Belarus, right after World War II, when the memory of the war was vivid. Not far from my town, which was home to many Jews before the war, were a concentration camp and an...

Bibi and the Babylonian Talmud Bibi and the Babylonian Talmud Dispassionate analysis of the political deadlock in Israel will reveal that this state of suspended political animation is the result of nothing more than what the Jewish sages designated as “baseless hatred” among Jews. (April 5, 2021 / JNS) “… [T]ake for example the vaccinations. Today, he [Netanyahu] holds a press conference and declares there are vaccines. 27 countries, in Europe alone, signed with Pfizer, and there are o...

Updated 4 days ago The childs skin, tendons and even some hair were partially preserved. The mummified remains of a child who lived about 6,000 years ago and fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls have been discovered at a legendary site in Israel known as the “Cave of Horror.”  Archaeologists also found a 10,000-year-old woven basket ― believed to be the oldest of its kind ― as well as a trove of ancient coins and clothing in the cave, which can only be reached by rappelling ...

Between Heaven and Earth: Israeli Archaeologists Uncover Rare Treasures Operation aimed to heading off cave looters uncovers more “Dead Sea Scrolls,” among other stunning remains March 17, 2021 | Israel Today Staff Share Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 For the first time in approximately 60 years, archaeological excavations have uncovered fragments of a biblical scroll. Written in Greek, the scroll includes portions of the Books of the Twelve Minor Prophets, including the books of Zechariah and Nahu...

‘Historic discovery’ of ancient Biblical fragments made in Israel Archaeologists have unearthed fragments of a 1,900-year-old Biblical scroll in Israel, in what experts are calling the most important discovery in the last 60 years. By Devin Watkins The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has unveiled an historic discovery of Biblical proportions in several desert caves. In a dig that began in 2017, archaeologists discovered around 80 new parchment fragments of Old Testament texts. They conta...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Isaiah’s message opens on a disconcerting note. The people of Israel were created for a purpose, so he says. God’s intention was that they serve Him and praise Him. He asked very little, but...

DEBKAfile The first Biblical scroll fragments to be discovered in 60 years are among the awesome relics unearthed in Israeli Antiquities Authority excavations in the most remote caves of the forbidding Judean Desert. More than a score of 2,000-year-old Greek translations of the books of Zechariah and Nachum were discovered with only the name of God written in Hebrew, as well as a 10,500-year-old woven basket and the 6,000year-old, mummified skeleton of a six-year-old child. The expedition to un...

New fragments of a Dead Sea Scroll have been discovered during an exhaustive survey of every nook, hole and cranny in the Judean Desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed on Tuesday. It is the first new scroll to have been discovered in about 60 years. Written mainly in Greek, the newly unveiled scroll contains portions of the book of the 12 minor prophets, including Zechariah and Nahum, the IAA said. Image by Yaniv Berman/Courtesy of ... The fragments found included bits of the books o...