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Panoramic aerial view of Erfurt, the capital of the German state Thuringia. Credit: Diego Grandi/Shutterstock.

UNESCO lists several medieval Jewish sites in Erfurt, Germany

The sites are the second Jewish ones in Germany to be designated on the Wold Heritage List, which recognizes places of “outstanding universal value.”

October 5, 2023

The Land of Israel Caucus, Regavim and Binyamin regional leaders held an “emergency tour” of biblical Jericho, Sept. 3, 2023. Photo by Regavim.

UNESCO: Jericho ruins a ‘World Heritage Site in Palestine’

The Tell es-Sultan site contains prehistoric ruins dating back to the ninth millennium BCE.

September 18, 2023

UNESCO resolutions have denied Jewish historical ties to the Western Wall (pictured) and Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Credit: Larisa Sklar Giller via Wikimedia Commons.

UNESCO vote highlights continued UN bias against Israel

Biden should reconsider his decision to rejoin the U.N. cultural organization, and Congress should block funding.

September 12, 2023

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo by Mohammed Younos/Shutterstock.

Israeli officials make first public appearance in Riyadh

The delegation is in the kingdom for a UNESCO meeting.

September 11, 2023

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo by Mohammed Younos/Shutterstock.

First-ever official Israeli delegation arrives in Saudi Arabia

The development comes amid a U.S.-led effort to persuade Riyadh to join the Abraham Accords.

September 10, 2023

Biden to tap longtime aide as envoy to UNESCO

Longtime aide Courtney O’Donnell is currently a senior adviser in Vice President Kamala Harris’s office.

September 5, 2023

The Land of Israel Caucus, Regavim and Binyamin regional leaders held an “emergency tour” of biblical Jericho, Sept. 3, 2023. Photo by Regavim.

Israeli lawmaker asks UNESCO not to locate Jericho in ‘Palestine’

Such a move would constitute "blatant interference in a conflict in which it is not its role to intervene," said MK Dan Illouz.

September 3, 2023

Kids participate in an archeological dig at Tel Maresha in Beit Guvrin, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Israel’s Lachish region, Aug. 7, 2023. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS.

Photo Essay: Israeli kids are archaeologists for a day

Families visited Tel Maresha in Beit Guvrin, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Israel’s Lachish region.

Pesach Benson

August 7, 2023

A street in the old medina of Tétouan in northern Morocco. Photo by Swiss aviator and photographer Walter Mittelholzer (1928) via Wikimedia Commons.

Rediscovering the graves of three ‘esteemed’ Moroccan rabbis after 60 years

The London-based Sephardic genealogist Jacob Marrache is one of those working hard to uncover lost Jewish history in the country.

Georgia L. Gilholy

July 24, 2023