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The Times of Israel Podcast presents the Best of 2020. (Images courtesy/ iStock photo)
A year ago when we decided to reboot the weekly Times of Israel podcast, I jumped at the chance to pick up the mic and create an audio magazine to supplement my colleagues’ fine writing.
Most of our 2020 Times of Israel podcast playlist is a mix of nerdy Jewish and archaeology stuff, in-house staff chats, conversations with experts in a wide swath of fields, and fun, tuneful talks with musicians.
But some interviewees are closer to my heart: I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with friends about fun flicks with our New York-based film critic Jordan Hoffman, and about deep, nation-building concepts with Israeli philosopher Micah Goodman. Innumerable times I’ve spoken with my longtime colleague Haviv Rettig Gur, who has never failed to be an informative pinch-hitter on almost any subject (did anyone say budget?).
The remains of a 2,000-year-old ritual bath have been discovered at Gethsemane the place where Jesus Christ prayed before He was betrayed by Judas marking the first archeological evidence linking the pilgrimage site to the New Testament era. | YouTube/ The Watchman
The remains of a 2,000-year-old ritual bath have been discovered at Gethsemane the place where Jesus Christ prayed before He was betrayed by Judas marking the first archeological evidence linking the pilgrimage site to the New Testament era.
The Times of London reports that archaeologists working in collaboration with the Israel Antiquities Authority unearthed the bath, along with the steps that would have led down into the water, at the foot of the Mount of Olives, near the modern church at Gethsemane.
Amanda Borschel-Dan is The Times of Israel s Jewish World and Archaeology editor.
Second Temple-era ritual bath that was discovered during construction work on a modern tunnel under the 1920 Catholic Church of All Nations. (Yaniv Berman, Israel Antiquities Authority)
Second Temple-era ritual bath that was discovered during construction work on a modern tunnel under the 1920 Catholic Church of All Nations. (Yaniv Berman, Israel Antiquities Authority)
Archaeologist Amit Reem next to the ritual bath at Gethsemane on Jerusalem s Mount of Olives. (Yaniv Berman/ Israel Antiquities Authority)
Fr. Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, next to the ancient ritual bath. (Yoli Schwartz/ Israel Antiquities Authority)
Amanda Borschel-Dan is The Times of Israel s Jewish World and Archaeology editor.
Amit Re’em, Jerusalem District Archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority, directs archaeologists at the Tower of David Museum. (IAA)
Excavations at Jerusalem s Tower of David Museum, November 2020 (Ricky Rachman)
Excavations at Jerusalem s Tower of David Museum, November 2020 (Ricky Rachman)
A sunken visitor s center will stand in place of these excavations at the foot of Jerusalem s Tower of David Museum, November 2020 (Ricky Rachman)
Workers dig at an archaeological site at the Tower of David Museum in the ancient citadel of Jerusalem near the Jaffa Gate entrance to Jerusalem s Old City on October 28, 2020. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)