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  • Jewish ritual bath dating to time of Jesus found in Garden of Gethsemane

    Jewish ritual bath dating to time of Jesus found in Garden of Gethsemane

    • Dec 23, 2020

    A ritual bath dating to the time of Jesus has been uncovered on the Mount of Olives at the site tradition says is the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus experienced the Agony in the Garden before his arrest, trial, and crucifixion.

    By Charles Collins
  • Palestinian Catholic brings ‘miracle of Santa’ to Jerusalem’s Old City

    Palestinian Catholic brings ‘miracle of Santa’ to Jerusalem’s Old City

    • Dec 9, 2020

    For three years, Palestinian Catholic and well-known former basketball player Issa Kassissieh has been dressing up as the Jerusalem Santa and decorating his family’s traditional 14th-century home at the junction of St. Peter Street and Latin Patriarchate Road.

    By Judith Sudilovsky
  • Israeli police arrest man for throwing firebomb inside Catholic church

    Israeli police arrest man for throwing firebomb inside Catholic church

    • Dec 4, 2020

    Israeli police arrested a Jewish man after he allegedly threw a firebomb inside the Basilica of All Nations at Gethsemane Church on the Mount of Olives Dec. 4.

    By Judith Sudilovsky
  • Pandemic leaves streets empty, shops shuttered in Jerusalem’s Old City

    Pandemic leaves streets empty, shops shuttered in Jerusalem’s Old City

    • Oct 12, 2020

    During all the years he has worked as an assistant to the Franciscan Fathers at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jeries Majlaton has never seen the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem so deserted.

    By Judith Sudilovsky
  • Jerusalem offers a grim model for a post-annexation future

    Jerusalem offers a grim model for a post-annexation future

    • Jul 7, 2020

    It’s hard to say what exactly will change in the West Bank if Israel follows through on its plans to annex parts of the occupied territory, but east Jerusalem, which was annexed more than a half-century ago, may provide some answers.

    By Joseph Krauss
  • Amid joy as Bethlehem reopens, Christians have uncertainty about future

    Amid joy as Bethlehem reopens, Christians have uncertainty about future

    • May 28, 2020

    Bethlehem residents returned to the Church of the Nativity as the holy site opened to visitors May 26 after being closed since March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But amid the joy was a feeling of uncertainty about their economic future, as pilgrims and tourists are not yet able to return.

    By Judith Sudilovsky
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