Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). US authorities on Monday returned to Israeli officials an “extremely rare” shekel silver coin minted by Jewish rebels 2,000 years ago, after it was stolen and smuggled out of the country two decades ago. The quarter-shekel coin is understood to have been minted by Jewish rebels as an act of independence against the Roman empire during the fourth year of the Great Revolt (66-73 CE). “The minting of silver coins by the leaders of the Great Revolt was in fact a declaration of independence by the Jews in the land of Israel, a statement against the...