Benjamin ben Yonah of Tudela (c. 1130–1173), a learned merchant from Navarre in northern Spain, embarked on an extraordinary journey between 1165 and 1173 that took him through three continents.

Israeli occupation authorities have intensified measures targeting guards and employees of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in what ...

During the Crusades, the order’s knights were charged with protecting significant Christian sites in the Holy Land and ...

The two silver amulet scrolls date to 600 BC and are inscribed with the priestly blessing of Numbers 6:24–26. They were ...

There’s nothing more satisfying than watching an epic movie. But what defines an epic? Characterized by length, scope, and ...

We’re marching to Zion,Beautiful, beautiful Zion;We’re marching upward to Zion,The beautiful city of God. Isaac Watts, a prolific hymn writer and congregational minister, wrote that stirring chorus ...

The Vatican has announced the retirement of Filipino Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana from the Holy See’s diplomatic service ...

​Gottlieb, who founded World Jewish Travel as a digital platform to promote Jewish cultural travel worldwide, has now shifted ...

Israeli occupation authorities issued immediate demolition orders on Sunday targeting 14 Palestinian homes in the Al‑Bustan neighborhood of Silwan, south of ...

As the blessed month of Ramadan approaches, and while Muslims everywhere prepare to welcome it as a season of obedience, worship, and joy, the occupied city of Jerusalem is witnessing an unprecedented ...

Three recent news items of the past week serve as reminders that the security and sovereignty situations in Jerusalem require urgent government action.

One of the pits of the olive trees, whose grape seeds and pollen caught in centuries of rock have already begun to draw a ...