Gvir’s policy shift bolsters prayer on Judaism’s holiest site, raising hopes and fears alike.The post Temple Mount sees surge ...

Saturday night, August 2nd is the Jewish fast day, “9th of Av.” The Fast of Av commemorates the ancient destructions of the Jewish Holy Temples and the subsequent Jewish Exiles. The “First Temple,” ...

The rare bronze coin engraved in Hebrew with 'For the Redemption of Zion' was found near the southwest corner of the Temple ...

Herod's Temple, which was the second Jewish temple constructed in Jerusalem, was destroyed by the Romans when they sacked the city in A.D. 70, following a months-long siege.

Israel marks the day when both Holy Temples were destroyed; tens of thousands recite prayers of mourning at the Western Wall ...

Associates of Ben-Gvir hailed the moment as “a monumental change that hasn’t happened in a thousand years,” adding that his ...

It was updated on Apr. 16, 2025 to correct that the plaza in front of the Western Wall is not the last remnant of the second Jewish Temple. The Wall itself is the last remnant of the ancient Temple.