The Times of Israel is reporting that Muslim authorities moved tons of illegally excavated earth from the Temple Mount into a city dump.
Aren Maeir posts an astounding video of a flood in the Harod Valley this week.
Frankincense has returned to Israel after 1,500 years.
More tourists visited Israel in 2012 than in any year before.
An Israeli committee will review modern prohibitions against mixed prayer at the Western Wall.
Jean Perrot died this week. Among other things, Perrot excavated several Chalcolithic sites near
Beersheba.
Marked down to $1.99 for Kindle: The Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the
Pursuit of an Ancient Bible, by Matti Friedman. These sales are brief.
HT: Jack Sasson, Joseph Lauer
Segregated prayer areas at Western Wall.
Photo by Austen Dutton (source).
Photo by Austen Dutton (source).