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Discovery of rare coin in City of David National Park announced as Jews mark Tisha B’Av, commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples.

“For the Freedom of Zion” was inscribed on it.The post Evidence of Second Temple’s destruction unearthed in Jerusalem appeared first on JNS.org.

A young man was playing a somber tune on a piano as dozens of people waited for the chanting of lamentations to start.

(JNS) — Hundreds of visitors flocked to Shiloh in Samaria’s Binyamin region on Thursday to welcome a biblically pure red heifer. The

JERUSALEM. KAZINFORM - Tangible evidence of the destruction of the Second Temple and the devastating events that unfolded in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago has come to light with the discovery of a rare coin in Jerusalem’s City of David National Park, TPS reports.

(RNS) — Rights advocates in the country say legislation giving the Knesset more power to overturn Supreme Court decisions will have ‘a devastating impact’ on everything from gender equality, religious freedom and pluralism to the rights of Israel’s Arab minority. 

On the saddest day in Judaism, researchers find evidence of the destruction of the Second Temple at the hands of Roman soldiers - Click the link for more details.

This isn't the first time in recent years that foxes have been spotted near the walls of the Temple Mount.

Gilad Erdans speech marks Tisha BAv, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, during a UN Security Council meeting over the Israeli Palestinian conflict - Click the link for more details.

From the blog of Patricia Levinson at The Times of Israel