The ritual bath was found sealed beneath a layer of destruction dated to 70 CE, in which researchers found burned ash and numerous artifacts that offer a snapshot of life just before the city fell.

Jews looking for a destination wedding spot that offers sun, sand and a fully halachic experience can now pick Jamaica, where a local Chabad house opened the island’s only mikvah. “I think this will ...

The newly unsealed Jewish ritual bath, uncovered beneath the Western Wall Plaza, marks the first stratigraphic identification of the burnt layer from the fall of the Second Temple ...

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Researchers say the mikveh likely served both local residents and the many pilgrims who visited the Temple in the years ...

WATERVILLE, Maine (WABI) - Waterville’s Beth Israel Synagogue recently completed renovations that include a new mikvah, a bath used in Jewish rituals. “It’s very crucial when people convert to Judaism ...

A 1,600-year-old Jewish bath, also known as a mikveh, was recently uncovered in Italy – and the find is the oldest of its kind in Europe. On March 10, Italian officials announced the discovery, which ...

RAMAPO − The town is planning to seek dismissal of a lawsuit that challenges approval of a religious bath outside Airmont. The federal lawsuit argues the town and its planning board purposely delayed ...

For the second time the City Board of Adjustment of St. Louis has refused to grant a permit to the “Thaarat Hamishpoco Society” of the Beth Hayahaduth Congregation to remodel a residence on Maple ...

Traditionally, religious architecture embraces monumentality and grandeur: soaring cathedral ceilings, intricately detailed mosque domes, ornate temple facades. But the Jewish mikvah, a ritual bath ...