Closure at the Mount of Olives: After more than seven decades, kaddish was recited over the tomb of this victim of the 1936–1939 Arab revolt. His desecrated tombstone was rebuilt thanks to the City of David organization.
Greetings from the High Priest at the City of David excavations
A few days before Tu Bi’Shvat, the archaeologists and diggers in the City of David received an emotional greeting from the High Priest, in the form of a small, colorful flower.
An 11-year-old Girl Found a Rare Silver 2000-Year-Old Coin
The rare coin was discovered by a girl who came with her family to the "archeological experience" operated by the City of David together with the National Parks Authority in the Emek Tzurim Sifting Project in Jerusalem. Scholars believe that the coin unearthed was extracted from the many silver reserves kept in the Second Temple and was probably minted by one of the Temple Priests, who joined forces with the Great Revolt of the Jews against the Romans, shortly before the destruction of the Second Temple.
