Rachel Bernstein

Rachel Bernstein is an editor and contributing writer at The Jerusalem Post. After working as a reporter for The Baltimore Business Journal, The Daily Record and Space News, she is finishing a PhD in desert studies and archaeology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

 BLANKETS COVER parts of the glacier to protect it against melting on Mount Titlis near the Alpine resort of Engelberg, Switzerland, last month.

How our home is slowly becoming uninhabitable

Alon Tal

Alon Tal - The man who would save Israel’s environment?

Sifting through temple mount debris at the new Masuot Lookout site.

Temple Mount project: Salvaging heritage from archaeological crime debris


2,000-year-old Jewish bones found in Jericho receive burial in Kfar Adumim

Hundreds of tombs were found in a complex of dozens of burial caves, in which unique inscriptions were found and provided details of the deceased.

2,000 year-old bones discovered in Jericho

Diaspora Affairs: Shepherding a legacy through change

Imperial War Museums in London revamps its Holocaust exhibit.

VISITORS LOOK at the V-1 flying bomb, which will be integrated into the new Holocaust galleries at the Imperial War Museum in London

Chelsea Football Club chooses light over the darkness of antisemitism

As campaign continues in its second year, efforts grow stronger to educate, fight racism

Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City vs Chelsea - Leicester, Britain - September 9, 2017 Chelsea's Alvaro Morata celebrates scoring their first goal with Marcos Alonso.

Ancient Persian-era jar fragment found in City of David

The shard contains a depiction of the deity Bes, who protected households.

The "Bes-Vessel" discovered March 20th, 2019

NGO fights to open forgotten Byzantine church in Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter

The abandoned ruins of the church had been discovered during an excavation in the Jewish Quarter in the 1970s by Prof. Nahman Avigad.

Remains from the crusader church

Holy Land heritage on hold

It has been a month since Israel left UNESCO, and the effect on the country’s World Heritage wish list is a bit hazy.

WILL THE Caesarea National Park be approved as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO?

Finding the Holocaust in musical culture

Sherf will take the lecture concept to Jerusalem on March 28 at the Khan Theater in English and Hebrew.

ZERO MOSTEL and Gene Wilder in ‘The Producers’

Two ancient horse figurines found in north after winter rains

“We were very excited. This is a fascinating and spectacular find!”

The Hellenistic horse figurine found near Tel Acre

University of Haifa researchers identify 5,600-year-old Scandinavian salmon

While archaeological researchers have assumed that salmon would have been crucial to the early diet of the ancient Arctic’s inhabitants, there has been little proof until now.

The whitlockite mineral was discovered in hearth sediments from the 5,600 year old Yli-Ii Kierikinkangas site on the Iijoki River in northern Finland.

A famous snail and its creator take it slow and easy

Pnina Moed Kass uses puppets and creative skills to reach her young audience

PNINA MOED KASS entertains young admirers