Second Temple

What Tisha B’Av can teach about the silencing, and creative defiance, of Jewish writers - opinion

Our writers and artists create out of the conviction that we must do justice to our suffering, to our losses. That we must create a future for which we have already sacrificed so much.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Negev Conference in Dimona, July 14, 2026

'We prevented the destruction of Third Temple': Netanyahu shares message on eve of Tisha B'av

A fragment of a 2,000-year-old Psalms Scroll from the Dead Sea Scrolls collection; illustrative.

One of the Dead Sea Scrolls' greatest mysteries may have finally been solved by Israeli researcher

Ancient bullae found in Jerusalem, May 1, 2026.

IAA reveals new study focused on ancient Jerusalem bullae in honor of Israel Excellence Week


Baseless hatred destroyed the temple, baseless love must save this nation - editorial

Our sages taught that the Second Temple was consumed by sinat chinam – baseless hatred among Jews. On this Tisha B’Av, Jewish Israeli society must admit that the disease has returned.

Worshipers are seen at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Tisha B'Av.

First-of-its-kind discovery: Ancient coin from Second Temple Era reveals rebel mindset

The rare bronze coin engraved in Hebrew with 'For the Redemption of Zion' was found near the southwest corner of the Temple Mount in the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden – Davidson Center.

The reverse of the coin features a lulav flanked by two etrogs, with the inscription “Year Four.”

2,000-year-old ‘Freedom of Zion’ coin unearthed in Jerusalem stuns Milei

“The roots of Judaism and Christianity, followed today by billions of people around the world, originate right here — from Jerusalem.”

Argentina's Prime Minister Javier Milei receives the Genesis Prize at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, June 12, 2025.

'Letters from Home': Exploring tension among Jews in in the Second Temple era - review

The relationship between the Jewish communities of Egypt and Israel created an underlying tension, not unlike the modern-day relationship between world Jewry and the Jews of the State of Israel.

 A RECONSTRUCTION of the blue-tiled Ishtar Gate, the northern entrance to Babylon, on display at the Pergamon Museum, Berlin.

The essence of Purim was never the Diaspora. It was always Jerusalem - opinion

The events in Shushan were never merely about the Jews of Persia. Just a few years before Esther’s miraculous rise, we had begun our return to Jerusalem, laying the foundations of the Second Temple. 

 Israelis are seen in costume for the holiday of Purim, in Jerusalem.

The Finger of Og or Herod's Pillar? A Jerusalem archaeological mystery

The 12.15-meter-long and approximately 1.75-m -wide column is thought to have been quarried in order to decorate the Second Temple.

 Herod's Pillar, or the Finger of Og, lies openly in the Russian Compound in Jerusalem.

Ancient Jewish quarter of Phanagoria discovered in Black Sea area of Russia

Phanagoria's 1st century BCE synagogue was discovered last year, following excavations on the ancient Greek city.

 Ancient Jewish quarter of Phanagoria uncovered in Russia's Taman peninsula

Jerusalem in its glory: Reconstructing the Sukkot pilgrimage to the Second Temple

What was the pilgrims’ visit to Jerusalem on Sukkot during the Second Temple like?

 ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES Authority workers walk down the Herodian Street dig at the City of David National Park, in 2019. Also named The Pilgrim’s Way, the street lies beneath Wadi Hilweh street in the Palestinian village of Silwan, and leads from the Siloam Pool to the Temple Mount.

A letter to Lebanon: Could Northern Arrows free Lebanon from Hezbollah? - opinion

Center Field: A breakthrough in Beirut could lead to a regional turnaround with Tehran, something in everyone's best interest.

 AN ISRAELI soldier drives through southern Lebanon this week. This conflict should be named ‘The Second Hezbollah War,’ or more accurately, ‘The First Iranian War,’ the writer maintains.

Our future is at risk if level of hatred among us is not reduced - opinion

We believe that the most important lesson of Jewish history is that an independent Jewish state is not something that can be taken for granted.

 THE MASSES gather at the Western Wall, toward the conclusion of Tisha B’Av, on Tuesday. We face the risk of another destruction today if we fail to pull back from the brink, the writers warn.