History
From Copper Coins to Bone Tools: Kabul Receives Rare Artifacts for Restoration After Decades of War
The Taliban is moving a cache including pottery, metal, glass and ivory pieces, some over 5,000 years old, from a mine.
A 1,000-Year-Old Mummy Unearthed Under Busy Lima Avenue
The Great Storm of 1703: Rediscovering HMS Northumberland's Dramatic Saga
The hit that could have changed history: The Mossad's fateful refusal to assassinate Khomeini
When hassidic masters tried, failed to usher in the messianic age during Napoleon's wars
The Hozeh would later recount that the Heavenly Court had ruled against him on account of his attempts to bring the redemption before the appointed time.
Europe's open borders give way to Islamic conquest without need for bloodshed - opinion
We are seeing increasing calls from Islamic fundamentalists to establish an Islamic Caliphate in Europe - a religious and political entity intended to govern the Muslim ummah.
Shabbat Chazon: Cries of trauma, betrayal from Jerusalem and Gush Katif
Both Jerusalem and Gush Katif represent, in different ways, the spiritual and national trauma of Jewish exile and betrayal – both from without and from within.
Historic discovery: New species of ancient shark discovered in Kentucky cave
Macadens olsoni is notable for its unique tooth whorl, a curved row of teeth designed for crushing small sea creatures.
One of Yemen's last Jewish women makes aliyah to Israel - report
Youssef reportedly left Yemen in June, a year after her husband Yahya’s death, according to Yemeni independent journalist Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki.
Secret diaries reveal Ben-Gurion’s sleepless battle to build a nation
Ben-Gurion frequently used the term “harada” (anxiety) to describe the dread he felt for the Zionist project and the lives placed in his care.
The unpromised land: Exile experience cannot be severed from modern Jewish history - opinion
It is crucial not to sever modern Jewish history from the interim, desert experience of the past two thousand years.
Tisha B'av, connection to Jerusalem, proves Jews are not 'settler-colonialists' - opinion
We cannot colonize a land that God promised to Abraham 3,800 years ago. We cannot colonize a land in which Jews have lived for four millennia.
Echoes of old Jerusalem: How 19th-century neighborhoods disappeared but never faded
This week, we are taking a look at ones whose names you may recognize but that have long ceased being used as neighborhoods – particularly the market area around Nahlaot.
This week in Jewish history: Israel and Jordan end state of enmity
A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.
Patron behind Hamburg's new opera house has resisted scrutiny of family history with Nazis
The patron behind Hamburg’s new opera house has resisted scrutiny of his family’s Nazi collaboration
