Today, roughly 1,200 residents call Motza home – a mix of multi-generational families and a growing wave of young professionals drawn by the promise of space and quiet.

"We are not exilies anymore." A small group of Jews conducts a symbolic ceremony to reverse the implications of one of the ...

Alex Levin's Jerusalem Temple paintings include grand exterior views of the courtyards and gates, intimate scenes of the Kohanim performing sacred service, and symbolic depictions of the Menorah ...

Ancient head of column featuring Temple Menorah found in Jerusalem The capital is 1,500 years old, a one-of-a-kind artefact never found before in the world, as it features an eight-branched ...

The menorah has seven branches, symbolizing those used only in the Second Temple, a holy place for Jews in Jerusalem that the Romans had destroyed in A.D. 70.

But a small group of Jewish people fought and drove them from Jerusalem, reclaiming the temple. Despite having a one-day supply of oil to light the menorah in the temple, it stayed lit for eight days.

The festival of Chanukah commemorates the Maccabees’ victory over the Syrian tyrant Antiochus IV, who had conquered Jerusalem and seized the Temple in his efforts to Hellenize Judea.

The lamp was recovered as part of a dig at a site near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and represents a unique find. Soot marks on its nozzle suggest it was used for lighting around 1,700 years ...

It depicts a procession of Jewish slaves carrying gold items from the Temple in Jerusalem; most prominent among them is the Menorah. The Arch was built over the actual route the Jewish slaves took ...

Judah and his fighters took back the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. They attempted to re-light their menorah, a then oil-based candelabra, used in Jewish worship.

Rare, 1,700-year-old oil lamp with Temple menorah decoration found in Jerusalem, in an image released on December 26, 2024. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority) ...