Israel Charges 'Jesus Box' Relics Ring with Fraud
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Israeli prosecutors charged four  antiquities dealers on Wednesday with forging a slew of  biblical artifacts including a "Jesus box" that had been  claimed as proof of Christianity's origins.
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Four Israelis are accused of forging antiques, including an ivory pomegranate previously thought to be a biblical relic.
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JERUSALEM -- Four Israeli antiquities collectors and dealers were indicted yesterday on charges that they ran a sophisticated forgery ring that spanned the globe and produced a treasure trove of fake Bible-era artifacts, including some that were hailed as major archeological finds.
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It was quite an operation, the way it came together. In December 2002, U.S. Customs agents intercepted $8 million in counterfeit checks in two FedEx packages bound for Israel.
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Four Israeli antiquities collectors and dealers were indicted Wednesday on charges they ran a sophisticated forgery ring that spanned the globe and produced a treasure trove of fake Bible-era artifacts, including some that were hailed as
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CLOVIS, Calif. - Police here are looking for a collection plate crook who swiped church donations during a funeral service.  The theft occurred Friday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, where nearly 150 mourners attended memorial services for 85-year-old LeRoy Adolph.
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 24 -- The prosecutor's office ordered police to launch a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's purchase of a Jerusalem home well below market value, the Justice Ministry said Monday.
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Israeli police indicted four antique dealers and collectors Wednesday for allegedly running a sophisticated forgery ring that created a trove of fake biblical artifacts, including some hailed as among the most important archaeological objects ever uncovered in the region.
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An Israeli organization charged with locating the property of victims of the Holocaust has put its findings on the Internet.
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Israel prosecutors indicted three  Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas on Monday on a raft of charges  including helping carry out the deadly operation to snatch two  soldiers that sparked a war with the Jewish state.
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An archaeological excavation at Jerusalem's holiest site is provoking dangerous protests
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NEW YORK - Saying he's &quot;as Jewish as a matzo ball or kosher salami,&quot; Jackie Mason filed a lawsuit against Jews for Jesus for using his name and likeness in a pamphlet.
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Israel prosecutors indicted three   Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas on Monday on a raft of charges   including helping carry out the deadly operation to snatch two   soldiers that sparked a war with the Jewish state.
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Egypt has charged an Egyptian who holds  Canadian citizenship and three Israelis with spying for Israel,  a state prosecutor said on Saturday.
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JERUSALEM - Israeli police seized an explosive belt that was intended to be used in a Tel Aviv suicide bomb attack on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, a police spokesman said yesterday.
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A tomb that once held the remains of Jesus of Nazareth&#8212;and those of his wife and son&#8212;has been found in a suburb of Jerusalem, said the makers of a controversial film today.
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A state archivist was charged Monday with stealing hundreds of artifacts Â documents representing "the heritage of all Americans," according to the history buff who found some of them on eBay Â to pay his household bills.