It was a very dark time 2,000 years ago in the region we know as the Middle East. The Roman Empire, in a desire to continue ...

Did Joseph and Mary really need to go to Bethlehem because of a Roman census, or is this unhistorical, as some scholars ...

Rabbi David Arias and his children were covering their heads in bomb shelters in Israel as rockets and drones rained down ...

2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the ...

Overnight Sunday, Israeli forces arrested nine wanted Palestinians in Judea and Samaria, according to the IDF. During the operation, forces confiscated an M16 rifle, a submachine gun, ammunition, ...

The Massacre of the Innocents is a biblical event in which King Herod orders the execution of all male children in Bethlehem.

IDF Central Command says it was instructed by the political echelon to strengthen the security coordination with the ...

In 1777, Hanukkah candles were lit during the Valley Forge encampment, the turning point of the Revolutionary War, which solidified the victory of George Washington’s Continental Army over the British ...

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

Herald editorials from that decade reminded readers of the reason for celebrating, of happy times with friends and family, ...

For the first time since 2007, Hanukkah will begin on Christmas Day — to. While these holidays are distinct in their origins ...

Scholars question if Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, citing historical gaps, alternate theories like Nazareth, and ...