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July 10, 2026, 10:54 am

The denial and distortion of Ancient Jewish History

On a broad level, the very existence and authenticity of ancient Jewish history are now increasingly called into question.

By Keith Feldman

December 3, 2025, 10:07 am

Jesus was as Palestinian as bagels and chopped liver

Claims in recent years to associate the focal point of Christianity with the Palestinian cause seek either to deny Jewish history or resuscitate age-old antisemitism

By Daniel Sugarman

Pilgrimage road. Photo Credit: Koby Harati & City of David Archives

May 14, 2025, 1:10 pm

2,000-year-old road linking ancient mikveh to Temple Mount unearthed in Jerusalem

Archaeologists say the Pilgrimage Road, buried for centuries beneath Jerusalem, may have been walked by Jesus

By Annabel Sinclair

Jamie Foxx apologises for social media post (ABC News footage)

August 7, 2023, 12:01 pm

Jamie Foxx apologises to ‘the Jewish community and everyone offended’ by Christ-killer post

In a now-deleted Instagram post, the Django Unchained actor, 55, wrote: 'They killed this dude name Jesus… What do you think they’ll do to you???!'

By Jewish News Reporter

Palestinian Christians Umm Burhan and Jamil Jarayseh in their home in Bethlehem. 8 December 2022. Credit: Jotam Confino, Jewish News.

December 12, 2022, 1:53 pm

As Christmas comes, Bethlehem’s Christians worry about their future

Palestinian Christians make up just one percent of the population in the West Bank, with some 33,000 living in and around Bethlehem. Jewish News meets some of them.

By Jotam Confino in Israel

Prof. Dina Porat from Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies and Archaeology at Tel Aviv University with Pope Francis, Rome.

December 1, 2022, 11:50 am

Pope receives ‘Jesus from the Soil of the Holy Land’ painting by Israeli artist

"When he approached me, I offered him the gift. He was moved and asked his attendants to safeguard the artwork," recalled Prof. Porat who handed Pope Francis the artwork

By Jotam Confino in Israel

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) (WIKIPEDIA/Collection : Santa Maria delle Grazie/ Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)

July 11, 2020, 2:57 pm

OPINION: Nought out of ten for research

Derek Taylor reflects on Jesus's Jewish background, and how he's portrayed within Christian communities

By Derek Taylor

A painting of Pontius Pilate and Jesus. (Nikolai Ge/Wikimedia Commons)

December 2, 2018, 11:13 am

Israeli archaeologists say they found the ring of Jesus’ killer

Researchers claim to have discovered jewellery that belonged to Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect who had Jesus crucified

By JTA

Mel Gibson (Wikipedia/ Author Georges Biard/ Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

March 22, 2017, 9:37 am

Mel Gibson now donates to Holocaust survivors

The Hollywood star known for a drunken anti-Semitic rant has been giving money to a Shoah survivor aid project

By Gabe Friedman (JTA)

A screenshot from one of PewDiePie's videos

February 14, 2017, 12:43 pm

YouTube star PewDiePie dropped by Disney over anti-Semitism accusations

Felix Kjellberg was reprimanded for videos featuring people saying 'Death to Jews' and 'Hitler did absolutely nothing wrong'

By Stephen Oryszczuk

November 2, 2016, 10:32 am

Mel Gibson: It’s ‘really unfair’ people aren’t over anti-Semitic tirade

The actor who said ''Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world' wants critics to stop bringing up the hateful rant

By JTA

September 26, 2016, 10:55 am

Holy post! Holiday prayers delivered to Western Wall

Dozens of letters addressed to God were delivered to the cracks in Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem's old city

September 4, 2016, 12:47 pm

Mel Gibson confirms new project on Jesus’ resurrection

Movie will be follow-up to The Passion of the Christ, which movie critics and Jewish groups said stoked anti-Semitic themes.

By Jewish News Reporter and JTA

August 11, 2016, 3:01 pm

Special report – Inside Israel’s cults: messiah complex

Lisa Sanders continues her probe into cults that want to take the Jewish out of the Jewish state with a look at the high-tech OneForIsrael group

By Lisa Sanders

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is within the Christian Quarter of the walled Old City of Jerusalem.

June 7, 2016, 10:06 am

Historic renovation begins at Jesus’ Jerusalem tomb

The project focuses on repairing, reinforcing and preserving the Edicule - the ancient chamber in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

By Jewish News Reporter

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