The secret to its economic success.

With a unique design for its kiln.

It might not have been for ritual use.

Possibly from the suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt.

While still avoiding the worst.

Two in Aramaic, one in Greek.

Greeks or Jews?

New excavations, new revelations.

“I placed a loaf of bread and some olives in my pack . . .”

The Maccabees against the Greeks? Alexander the Great meets the high priest? At a 5th-century synagogue in Galilee, researchers are still uncertain what they’ve found.

At a fifth-century synagogue in Galilee, researchers have uncovered images not easily linked to any biblical narrative. So far, their meaning remains elusive.  

Reports to the contrary notwithstanding, the Lebanese terror group Hizballah, sitting across from Israel’s northern border, is stronger than ever.