Jewish veterans from the Roman army — and not Shimon Bar Kochba — may have initially led the 2nd-century Jewish rebellion against the Romans commonly known as the “Bar Kochba Revolt.” The ...

The Bar Kochba revolt marked an important day in the history of Jews and the Romans and the Jewish diaspora. It changed the fate of many Jews and their messiah, including the Jewish thought and ...

A recent study led by Haggai Olshanetsky, a researcher at the University of Warsaw, has changed the historical perception of the Bar Kokhba Revolt or Second Jewish Revolt (sometimes also called the ...

The Bar Kochba revolt, which lasted three and a half years, was the last and arguably greatest of several Jewish uprisings against foreign rulers in ancient times.

The story of the Bar Kokhba revolt came to symbolize the hope that as the Jews returned to their homeland, they would be able to regain their honor by reclaiming their land, ...

Hiding Complex that May Have Been Used in the Bar Kochba Revolt Unearthed near the Kinneret. By. David Israel - 8 Adar II 5784 – March 18, 2024. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

In honor of Lag B’Omer, the Israel Antiquities Authority on Monday revealed a rare bronze coin from the period of the Bar Kokhba revolt (circa 132 CE), which was discovered in archaeological ...

The excavation also revealed that, as part of the preparations for the First Revolt in 66 CE and the Bar Kokhba Revolt in 132 CE, the residents of Huqoq converted the water cistern (dug in the ...

The Bar Kochba revolt, celebrated on Lag Ba’omer, remembers the last Jewish sovereign state in the Land of Israel before 1948. Let us delve into the real “Bar Kochba” ...

An ancient coin minted during the Bar Kochba revolt and uncovered recently in a Judean Desert cave will soon make its way to outer space. Israel’s second-ever astronaut, Eytan Stibbe, has chosen ...