Jewish history outside of Israel – the diaspora – has been a long series of expulsions and returns. The Jews of Spain may have come to the Iberian peninsula as… Continue reading "Sephardic Jews invited back to Spain after 500 years"
Miracles happen everyday! Excerpts of article by Michael Freund on jpost.com Last week, the small and unassuming mikve (ritual bath) in Hod HaSharon witnessed the unfolding of a remarkable scene… Continue reading "Mandarian in the mikve: Return of Chinese Jews"
Ecerpts of article from sci-news.com Under the asphalt streets of Jaffa, excavators have uncovered industrial liquid extraction installations amid a series of digs to prepare the area for infrastructure modernization… Continue reading "Israeli Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Industrial Installation"
I just saw this amazing trailer for a documentary on the re-emergence of Judaism in Nigeria. In 1999, I made “Quest for the Lost Tribes” where I argued that there… Continue reading "Return of the Israelites to their Jewish Home"
Excerpts from article by Rob Waugh on dailymail.co.uk A tiny clay seal found under Jerusalem’s Old City is the first relic of religious life inside Jerusalem’s Temple Mount 2,000 years… Continue reading "Ancient seal found in Jerusalem offers insight into rituals in biblical temple 2,000 years ago"
Here’s an interesting find, estimated to be 2,400 years old. They are glass beads. Did you know that the biggest slab of glass ever found from the ancient world is… Continue reading "Cleopatra’s Necklace"
Why isn’t the Israeli government celebrating this aliyah? Why do we have to sing and dance when they let a few hundred people through? Why aren’t we waiting for the… Continue reading "Israel welcomes 2,000th India Bnei Menashe oleh"
Here’s what my good friend Prof Richard Freund is up to…he is bringing to light the story of the Jews of China Excerpts of an article by Cindy Mindell in… Continue reading "Discovering the Jews of China"
This past week, I was interviewed on Israeli television to speak about the Torah portion of the week “Vayera” that deals with the plauges on Egypt. In this context we… Continue reading "The 10 Plagues; The Jewish Exodus from Egypt – Did They Really Happen?"
My son, Adin, is a star soccer player in his local soccer team that I help manage. Here we are on Israeli TV talking about the initiative to have soccer… Continue reading "On Israeli TV With My Son, the Soccer Star"