From ancient tunnels to modern memorials ... The winery is a bit out of the way, but well worth the stop. Keywords: israel holy land pilgrimage Jack Figge Jack Figge is a freelance journalist ...

Who guarantees our safety, security, freedom and continued independence today? None other than this generation’s Maccabees, ...

Archaeologists often spend long amounts of time at a dig site, only to dig up garbage such as bottle caps and soda cans, or ...

The discovery of 2,000 year-old olive trees and grapevines are believed to reflect the Gospel of John's account of where Jesus was buried ...

On a quiet hilltop in northern Israel ... coming all this way to see the Holy Land, you have to let yourself experience it in a way that speaks to you." This ancient church was built over the ...

By prior agreement, admission to the ancient church for the Holy Fire ... and visitors to the Holy Land. Israel should be lauded for its conduct here, not castigated.

The Catholic Church has designated the Holy Land as a special destination ... rare glimpse into first-century Israel. Coins dating from 5 CE to 63 CE suggest the presence of Jesus teaching within its ...

In 1834 a frenzied stampede broke out in the darkened church, and the ruler of the Holy Land at the time barely escaped after ... that the turnout lacked in numbers this year because of Israel's ...

Ishtori Haparchi described the geography of the Holy Land; and Solomon Ibn Verga wrote about the trials of the Jews of Spain and Portugal. The Huqoq synagogue in Israel – excavated by Jodi ...

Israel celebrated its 77th Independence Day — a moment of national pride, reflection, and defiance. But Israel’s story didn’t ...

It’s the reason Peni and I flew into Los Angeles from Israel last week ... skillfully reading with great pride from an ancient Sephardic-case Torah scroll, in the tune of the Sephardic Ta ...