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A new web series from the creators of My Trip

My Trip launches “Moments in Time” – an original six-part web series that reveals the moments that shaped human history, blending art, cinema, and technological innovation.

“Moments in Time”
 Adele Samuelson

Israel's oldest person, Adele Samuelson, passes away at 111

The Talbiyeh neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Open House: A behind-the-scenes look at Jerusalem

AMIT SEGAL at work in the Knesset.

‘A Call at 4 AM': Extracts from Amit Segal's magnum opus on Israel's leaders


Chinese woman charged in 1.5 million euro gold nugget theft from Paris Natural History Museum

She was arrested at Barcelona airport on September 30 with about one kilogram of melted gold and remains in provisional detention, according to prosecutors.

the National Museum of Natural History in France.

Rare Assyrian inscription unearthed near Temple Mount reveals communication with the King of Judah

The finding provides “direct evidence of official correspondence between the Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Judah," according to an excavation expert.

 Dr. Ayala Zilberstein, excavation director on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, holding the rare sealing.

Enigmatic Jurassic reptile looks like a mix of snake and lizard

If it was not part of the snake lineage, Breugnathair may have been an evolutionary dead end, with snake-like predatory habits emerging separately in a group that ultimately went extinct.

A handout illustration shows a reconstruction of the Jurassic species Breugnathair elgolensis, which possessed characteristics both of lizards and snakes, and lived 167 million years ago, based on fossils discovered in Scotland.

How mean was this new Argentine dinosaur? It had a croc leg in its jaws

Joaquinraptor probably fed on plant-eating dinosaurs including juveniles of the enormous long-necked titanosaurs that populated the area, duck-billed hadrosaurs and possibly others.

An artist's impression of the Cretaceous meat-eating dinosaur Joaquinraptor, whose fossilized remains were unearthed in Argentina's Patagonia region, is shown in this image released on September 23, 2025.

Algerian authorities demolish one of last remaining historic synagogues in country's capital

Local sources said that the demolition had been planned for several years but was delayed due to interventions from an unspecified foreign embassy.

The Chaloum Lebar synagogue in “Bab El Oued” in Algiers, Algeria.

In National Book Awards finalist, Jewish trans boy and golem team up to save the world

The novel, which is aimed for middle-grade readers, features a young Jewish transgender boy who teams up with a golem, a creature from Jewish folklore, to save the world from demons.

Kyle Lukoff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 04, 2023.

Hebrew Union College, Ohio AG reach deal to protect 600,000 rare books, papers in Jewish collection

The collection contains Biblical codices, illuminated manuscripts, communal records, legal documents, scientific tracts, and incunabula.

 Hebrew Pentateuch (from 900-1188) written in typical Hebrew oriental book hand.

The ‘etrog’ wars: How the Ottoman Empire turned a sacred fruit into a global commodity

From the groves of Corfu and Cephalonia to the orchards of Tiberias and Jaffa, the saga of the etrog under Ottoman rule reveals how a fruit became entangled in struggles of faith and trade.

ETROGIM ON display: The fruit’s distinctive bumpy skin and bright color made it both a ritual object and a coveted commodity across Jewish communities.

A holiday to remember: Celebrating Sukkot in 1946

I was a seven-year-old army brat, a Norfolk Tars baseball fan, and my father, Lt.-Col. Louis Geffen, had finally completed his six-year tour of duty as a judge advocate in World War II.

THE WRITER’S grandparents Rabbi Tuvye Geffen and Rebbetsin Sara Hene Geffen celebrate their 50th anniversary in 1948.

Building sukkot during the Yom Kippur War

Many IDF soldiers found ways to commemorate the holiday on the frontlines in the Sinai Desert in the South and on the Golan Heights in the North.

DURING THE Yom Kippur War, soldiers improvise a sukkah over their troop carrier in Sinai.

Unearthing Israel’s past: Archaeological discoveries change our understanding of history

As all these discoveries show, the land’s buried secrets have the power to transform our understanding of history, faith, and the human experience.

THIS SEAL, dated to the First Temple period, features Hebrew writing that reads: ‘Natan-melech the king’s servant,’ which is a quote that appears in the second ‘Book of Kings,’ 23:11.