Michele Chabin

Religion News Service

Ben & Jerry's Threatened Ban in West Bank Creates Ripples Beyond Ice Cream Stores

According to Middle East observers, Ben & Jerry's announcement that it will ban the sale of its ice cream in what it calls the "occupied...

Ben & Jerry's Threatened Ban in West Bank Creates Ripples Beyond Ice Cream Stores

Archaeologists Discover Signs of Religion in 9,000-Year-Old City near Jerusalem

The region around Jerusalem has a long history of religious practices. Those practices might date back to the Stone Age. The people who lived in a...

Archaeologists Discover Signs of Religion in 9,000-Year-Old City near Jerusalem

Search for Undiscovered Dead Sea Scrolls Reveals Dispute over West Bank Artifacts

When pieces of ancient pottery and never-before-seen scroll fragments began making their way to the antiquities black market a few years ago,...

February 06, 2019

Search for Undiscovered Dead Sea Scrolls Reveals Dispute over West Bank Artifacts

Surveys Show ‘Sharp Differences’ between Jews in US and Israel

While most Israeli Jews recognize the Jewishness of their American counterparts, the majority do not share the Americans’ dreams to make Israel a...

Surveys Show ‘Sharp Differences’ between Jews in US and Israel

Some Christians and Jews Hail Embassy Move to Jerusalem as Key to a Biblical Plan

For some evangelical Christians and Orthodox Jews, the embassy’s relocation is not only a smart political move but a fulfillment of divine...

Some Christians and Jews Hail Embassy Move to Jerusalem as Key to a Biblical Plan

New Bible Seeks to Connect Modern and Ancient Israel

A new Hebrew-English Bible with a distinctly Israeli flavor will be published in honor of Israel’s 70th anniversary.

New Bible Seeks to Connect Modern and Ancient Israel

At Auschwitz, Thousands Join the March of the Living to Honor the Dead

This year a record 12,000 youths and adults from nearly 50 countries — one third of them non-Jews — took part in the program. Israeli President...

At Auschwitz, Thousands Join the March of the Living to Honor the Dead

After the Hobby Lobby Scandal, a Spotlight on Antiquities Sales in Israel

The arrest of five antiquities dealers who allegedly helped Hobby Lobby purchase illegally obtained ancient artifacts has shone a spotlight on the...

August 22, 2017

After the Hobby Lobby Scandal, a Spotlight on Antiquities Sales in Israel

Is this Unearthed Fishing Village the Birthplace of Three of Jesus’ Apostles?

Archaeologists excavating in northern Israel believe they may have discovered the biblical city of Bethsaida, the hometown of three of Jesus’...

August 08, 2017

Is this Unearthed Fishing Village the Birthplace of Three of Jesus’ Apostles?

Archaeologists Find More Evidence of Babylonian Destruction of Jerusalem

Israeli archaeologists recently discovered 2,600-year-old artifacts they say offer further concrete evidence of the Babylonian destruction of...

August 01, 2017

Archaeologists Find More Evidence of Babylonian Destruction of Jerusalem

Thousands of Christians Expected for Rapturous Holy Fire Ceremony

Thousands of Christians will gather to watch the Greek Orthodox patriarch emerge from the structure surrounding Jesus’ tomb with two lit candles.

Thousands of Christians Expected for Rapturous Holy Fire Ceremony

Orthodox Jews Attempt to Reclaim Part of Western Wall Where Other Jews Pray

Conservative and Reform Jews say the Israeli government’s refusal to follow through on its promise to provide them a part of the Western Wall space...

January 04, 2017

Orthodox Jews Attempt to Reclaim Part of Western Wall Where Other Jews Pray

Site Where Romans Breached Jerusalem Walls is Pinpointed

The site where, nearly 2,000 years ago, the Roman army breached the outer walls of ancient Jerusalem before capturing the city and destroying the...

October 21, 2016

Site Where Romans Breached Jerusalem Walls is Pinpointed

Noah’s Ark Mosaic Uncovered in Ancient Galilee Synagogue

Exquisite mosaics depicting biblical scenes — one of Noah’s Ark, the other the parting of the Red Sea — were uncovered this summer by...

August 03, 2016

Noah’s Ark Mosaic Uncovered in Ancient Galilee Synagogue

Archaeologists Dig Up Philistine Artifacts Where Goliath May Have Walked

The excavation, now in its 21st year, is one of a handful of digs in southern Israel producing everything from vessels to bones belonging to the...

Archaeologists Dig Up Philistine Artifacts Where Goliath May Have Walked

Archaeologists Dig up Fabrics Dating Back to Kings David and Solomon

Israeli archaeologists have discovered fragments of “remarkably preserved” 3,000-year-old fabrics, leather and seeds dating to the era of the...

February 25, 2016

Archaeologists Dig up Fabrics Dating Back to Kings David and Solomon

Tel Aviv’s Bus Depot Now a Hub for Christmas Trees and Santa Suits

As the population of Christian foreign workers and asylum seekers has grown in Israel, so, too, has the demand for Christmas-related merchandise.

December 23, 2015

Tel Aviv’s Bus Depot Now a Hub for Christmas Trees and Santa Suits

Palestinian Authority Limits Christmas Celebrations in West Bank

The Palestinian Authority has asked municipalities to tone down their public Christmas celebrations this year amid escalating violence between...

December 01, 2015

Palestinian Authority Limits Christmas Celebrations in West Bank

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