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Jerusalem Controversy

Synagogue unearthed in Russia may be one of the oldest outside Israel. But not everyone is convinced.

Among the finds are this spectacular broken menorah, or ceremonial candlestick, representing the seven-branched menorah in the Temple in Jerusalem. (Image credit: Volnoe Delo Foundation) Archaeologists in southern Russia say they've discovered the ruins of a 2,000-year-old synagogue — a rare discovery given that buildings for Jewish worship from this…
bubmag
August 26, 2023
Jerusalem Controversy

Church leaders plead with Israeli government as anti-Christian incidents increase in Holy Land

JERUSALEM (RNS) — As anti-Christian incidents perpetrated by religious Jewish extremists have increased in number during the past several months, church leaders are pleading with government officials to take the matter more seriously.    Until recently, those pleas have gone largely unheeded. Preoccupied with an unprecedented political crisis sparked by…
bubmag
August 21, 2023