Tisha B’Av: Mourning the Destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem
The holy day of Tisha B’Av is without a doubt the most sorrowful, most somber day in the Jewish religious calendar…
The Maccabean Revolt: Seven-Year Rebellion Against the Mighty Seleucid Empire and Hellenization of the Jews
The recapture of Jerusalem in 164 BCE from the armies of Antiochus IV was a significant early victory for Judah Maccabee’s fighters…
First Discovery in 60 Years: Israeli Experts Find More Dead Sea Scroll Fragments in the Judean Desert
For the first time in six decades, Israeli researchers have uncovered additional fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls that date back nearly two millennia.
Operation Opera: Israel’s Daring 1981 Raid on Saddam Hussein’s Osirak Nuclear Reactor
Operation Opera was an Israeli surprise air attack on June 7, 1981, which destroyed an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor…
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