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Just two weeks after a Temple era seal was displayed to the public, archeologists continue to dig up breathtaking proofs of the ancient and never-severed connection between Jews and the Land of Israel. This time, the find is a 1,500 year old tiny stamp discovered near the city of Akko, bearing the image of the seven-branched Temple Menorah. The stamp was used to identify baked products and probably belonged to a bakery that supplied kosher bread to the Jews of Akko in the Byzantine period. The ceramic stamp dates from the Byzantine period (6th century CE) and was uncovered in...

Return to Article Published: Friday, December 24, 2004 Merry C-------s! A politically correct primer By Sean M. Wright In the middle of detailing the horrors the Roman emperor Decius loosed on Christians in AD 250 for a book I'm writing, a friend sent round an Internet story concerning the latest battles in the war against Christmas, part of the effort to entomb Christ with boulders of legalism. ---The Woodbury, N.J., school board has forbidden a high school's brass ensemble to play Christmas carols at their "winter holiday" concert --- not even as instrumentals. Mention of Jesus, angels and even...