Yom Kippur: the Day of Atonement (video).
On this October 12, 2016 the Jews celebrated Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. See in the following video images recorded in the most important place of Jewish pilgrimage: the Western Wall.
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Pope Francis offers condolences after death of Shimon Peres.
Pope Francis has sent a telegram expressing his “heartfelt condolences” to the people of Israel upon learning of the death of their former President, Shimon Peres. He died on Wednesday at the age of 93. “I fondly recall my time with Mr Peres at the Vatican and renew my great appreciation for the late President’s Read More
Sion brothers and sisters join Interfaith Prayer in Jerusalem.
On Wednesday (07), Christians, Jews and Muslims gathered in Jerusalem to pray for forgiveness. “Mekudeshet 2016” is the name of the event that brings together for three weeks believers of different faiths to common moments of fellowship and prayer. The meeting yesterday was titled forgiveness. Jews, Muslims and Christians (among these brothers and sisters of Read More
Archaeologists restore ancient tiles from Second Temple in Jerusalem.
“This represents the first time that archeologists have been able to successfully restore an element from the Herodian Second Temple complex,” said Dvira at an unveiling of the tiles at the project’s headquarters in Emek Tzurim National Park, located on the western slopes of Mount Scopus. The regally designed ancient tiles likely featured prominently in Read More
Video – Sion Sister presents her volunteer work at Jerusalem hospital.
Ivone, Sion’s sister, belonging to the International Novitiate community of Ein Karem, works twice a week as a volunteer at St. Louis French Hospital, in Jerusalem. In the video below, Sr. Monika Dullmann, Hospital Director, explains exclusively to FOS about the history of the hospital and the activities Sr. Ivone does with patients. (Select the subtitles in English). Read More
Underground Jerusalem.
Jerusalem has vastly expanded in the 7,000 years of its existence. Including, in the past two decades, downwards. Beneath the Old City, one can already walk hundreds of meters underground, pray in subterranean spaces of worship and see shows in subterranean caverns and halls. There are plans in place to dramatically increase this area – Read More
Holocaust Survivors celebrate Bar mitzvahs in Jerusalem.
Daniel Schechter, a citizen from Tel Aviv, posted on internet this amazing and very significant picture taken yesterday near the Western Wall, in Jerusalem. He explains personally why this picture is so meaningful: “I feel INSANELY BLESSED to have witnessed what I did today! I took a spontaneous trip to Jerusalem and went to visit Read More
Moshe Koppel: Saving Religion from the State.
On the following video, Prof. Moshe Koppel, author of Religion and State in Israel: A Modest Proposal, talks about the role of Religion and State in modern Israel. The interview was produced by Mosaic Magazine. Source: Mosaic Magazine.
Bible may be older than previously thought.
Scholars have long debated how much of the Bible was composed before the destruction of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Judah, in 586 BCE. While experts agree that key biblical texts were written starting in the 7th century BCE, the exact date of the compilation of these books remains in question. Now, a groundbreaking new study Read More