Temple mount history

Ancient seal discovered in Temple Mount soil may link to King Josiah's era

Based on the writing style, the sealing dates to the late First Temple period, approximately the late-7th to early-6th century BCE.

Archaeologist Mordechai Ehrlich holding the sealing.

'Exquisite' 1,700-year-old lamp bearing Temple symbols discovered in Jerusalem

 Ben-Gvir, ministers, travel to Temple Mount on Tisha B'av 2024.

Arab world reacts to Haredi rabbis' Arabic video denouncing Temple Mount visits by Jews

View of the Dome of the Rock, the western wall and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on November 16, 2022.

How many Jews have ascended the Temple Mount this Jewish year?


UNESCO Director-General criticizes 'harmful' drive to erase Jewish ties to Temple Mount

“To deny, conceal or erase any of the Jewish, Christian or Muslim traditions undermines the integrity of the site," UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova stated.

Western Wall Plaza.

Lapid: Israeli Radical Left working with antisemites on UNSC Arria Formula

“The resolution is shameful and meant to pressure Israel and try to erase the proven historic connection between the Jewish People and the Temple Mount and Western Wall.”

Yair Lapid

Just A Thought: Yom Kippur in the Temple

The Mishna, redacted about the year 220 CE, attempts to describe what happened in the Temple on the eve of its destruction, 150 years prior.

Yom Kippur

Jordan's King Abdullah vows to fight Israeli 'extremism' at Temple Mount

King warns failure to reach a two-state solution inflames "violence and extremism in the region."

Jordan's King Abdullah speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 12, 2016

Positive Energy Is Real Energy

The Jerusalem Post

Resurrecting James, brother of Jesus and the Temple

The Jerusalem Post

VIDEO: Muslim worshipers attack Jews trying to pray on Temple Mount

Israeli authorities evicted eight Jews from the Temple Mount complex in response to what security forces said was inappropriate behavior at the holy site.

A still from Arab TV footage showing Muslim worshipers on the Temple Mount attack a small group of Jews, April 26, 2016

An Open Letter to Palestine

The Jerusalem Post

Three Ladies, Three Lattes: To go or not to go?

Secular Pam, modern Orthodox Tzippi and haredi Danit answer your questions on percolating issues in Israel’s complicated social and religious fabric.

A view of Temple Mount

The Temple Mount – What next?

The State of Israel has carefully protected the religious rights of the Muslims at the Temple Mount, through forbidding the same rights of the Jews.

Al Aksa Mosque