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According to the the Jewish Book of Daniel, Alexander the Great was prophesied 200 years prior to his birth and was to change the course of Judaism forever. In 336 BC, at the age of twenty, Alexander the Great succeeded...

In rabbinic literature, the word "epikoros" refers to a heretic or person whose views contradict Jewish literature. The term is a specific reference to Greek philosopher Epicurus. The Talmud, the central text of Jewish religious law, explicitly states that "epikoros"...

In a recent event called the Young Leaders’ Survival Course, put together by the Israeli Antiquities Authority, a seventeen-year-old girl made a new discovery: a Byzantine "exorcism mirror." While exploring, she noticed a unique piece of pottery sticking out from...

The Israeli military has targeted units of the militant group Hamas in parts of southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip with air strikes, following a rocket attack that struck Israel on Thursday. Israel has said that the military operation was...

The Interorthodox Center of the Church of Greece has worked to bring Greek Jews and Orthodox Christians together to help combat antisemitism in Greece. By Evan Bourtis Last October, primary and secondary school teachers from across Attica and Chalkida gathered in...

''Bible Conspiracies'', a new documentary series distributed by Worldwide Multimedia, suggests that Jesus Christ was not actually a Jewish man but a Greek philosopher called Apollonius of Tyana. This controversial claim has sparked reactions all over the world, as it posits that...

The corpus of all Jewish inscriptions found on Greece's mainland and islands was recently published by the Jewish Museum of Greece (JMG) in Athens. The "Corpus Inscriptionum Judaicarum Graeciae" contains inscriptions found at antiquities ephorates in Greece and museums dating...

A report published by the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs states that there were 147 attacks against religious sites around Greece in 2015. The report, published for the first time, was aimed at raising awareness on issues of...

Deputy Education Minister Theodosis Pelegrinis' statements on the Jewish exploitation of the Holocaust, which he believes that they claimed as their own, has been criticized by opposition parties. Main opposition ND spokesman George Koumoutsakos said that the government deputy was forced...

The Greek Jewish community is incensed by websites and brochures of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) that showcase the traditional Easter practice known as "Judas burning." The time-honored "scapegoating" ritual burns an effigy of Judas Iscariot to rid the...