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Josephus Flavius

The debt to the Jewish rebels against Rome - part 2 - opinion

The journey of the First and Second Jewish Revolts through coinage

|ByROBERT SILVERMAN
A SECOND Revolt coin depicts a lulav and etrog
DAVID BEN-GURION showing guests around Sde Boker.

The debt to the Jewish rebels against Rome - opinion

Brushing aside negative portrayals of the ancient rebels, the Zionists made an ideological connection to them because they had bequeathed an important legacy.

|ByROBERT SILVERMAN
Magdala stone exhibited for the first time in Israel at Yigal Allon Center

2nd-Temple-period synagogue found where Gospel’s Mary Magdalene was born

The building is the second synagogue from the time uncovered in Migdal, a prominent Jewish settlement that was also the main base of Flavius Josephus, historian and anti-Roman rebel commander.

|ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Dr. Yinon Shivtiel at one of the caves used during the Jewish Great Revolt against the Romans as described by Josephus.

Researcher identifies Galilee caves where Jews fought Romans

Hundreds of caves in the Galilee have been identified as those described by Josephus almost 2,000 years ago.

|ByROSSELLA TERCATIN

Book review: A noble death?

Jodi Magness has taken a closer look at the legendary tale of Masada, and the facts, speculations and myths

JUNE 5, 2019
By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
THE ARCHEOLOGICAL remains of Masada, the author says, could be interpreted in many different ways.

A hidden lesson of the Hanukkah story

This is the dual lesson of Hanukkah and of Joseph and his brothers: disunity leads to defeat and exile; unity leads to redemption.

NOVEMBER 29, 2018
REEDS GROW in a Scottish salt marsh: ‘If a person takes a bundle of reeds – can he break them at the same time? But if he takes one at a time, even a child can break them’

American Jewry — on the path to self-destruction

History repeatedly shows that we abuse and ostracize our own people, despite ocular proof that our divisiveness is the cause of our ruin.

JULY 19, 2017
The B’nai Jeshurun Conservative Synagogue in Manhattan