The documentary will focus on Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon’s “mission within a mission” to bring a special artifact that survived the Holocaust into space

Hundreds of manuscripts made up of thousands of fragments – discovered from 1947 and until the early 1960′s in the Judean Desert along the western shore of the Dead Sea – are now available to the public online.

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem uncovered the only Arabic language inscription penned by the Crusaders in the entire Middle East

Their amazing story, capping off an amazing journey, deserves to be seen in person.

Five complete scrolls have been put online so far, all with interactive high-resolution images, as well as short explanatory videos and background information on the texts and their history.

Just in time for Tisha B’Av – the anniversary of the Temple’s destruction – the Antiquities Authority announced the discovery of an intact Roman era sword and a stone “sketch” engraving of the Menorah which were discovered during archeological digs near the Temple Mount. For more information, click here. Like Unlike

The bible refers to a powerful 10th century B.C. Kingdom of David, Israel’s second king, stretching from Egypt to the Euphrates, but little evidence of its existence has ever been found

“When the people of Israel, and the IDF say ‘never again’ – we mean it.”

The story begins, interestingly enough, just over 20 years ago, when a cave was discovered in 1990 in the HaShalom forest, near the Abu Tur neighborhood of Jerusalem.

In these times, no one should be throwing food away, which prompted one Israeli organization to think about what they can do to help the people of Japan, where 150,000 are currently homeless as a result of last month’s earthquake and tsunami.