One need not envision the reconstruction of the Temple, or even wish to pray where it once stood, to believe that the Jewish people ought. . .

Papyrus documents first published in 1911 cited a Jewish temple built in southern Egypt in the 5th century BCE. No one could find it—until 1997.

Now that the Jewish people are once again sovereign in Israel, what is the significance of the three weeks of mourning, which begin today, for. . .