Christmas events in israel

YMCA returns with Christmas events after 2-year break

The YMCA will host its traditional three Christmas events after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19.

 YMCA's lit-up Christmas tree in Jerusalem.
Gaza jeweller struggles to sell Christmas gold

Gaza jeweler struggles to sell Christmas gold

Palestinians light Christmas tree in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, November 30, 2019

How will Christmas be celebrated in Judea and Samaria?

INSIDE THE Cathedral of St. James, a 12th-century Armenian church in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter.

When is Christmas in Israel?


Knesset clashes over Edelstein’s gesture to Christian MKs for Christmas

Abu Rahmoun said she found it disturbing that Ariel does not care about the freedom of religion of Arab MKs.

A man dressed as Santa Claus gestures in front of a Christmas tree

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For Jewish Mormons, hybrid identity seen as no contradiction

“I still consider myself Jewish,” said Miller, whose grandfather was Larry Fine, one of The Three Stooges. “I feel like I just added on to my faith.”

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings at the first session of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' 185th Annual General Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah April 4, 2015

Today in History: Taming the Jezreel Valley

Kibbutz Merchavia leads the way in settling Israel’s most fertile region.

Merchavia, July 2010

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Yuletide celebrations are under way in Jaffa, but the Palestinian Authority downplays festivities in Bethlehem.

Jaffa adorned in shades of evergreen

WATCH: Orthodox Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem

Most Christian denominations recognize Bethlehem as the birthplace of Jesus.

Members of the Greek Orthodox clergy wait for the arrival of the Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem Metropolitan Theophilos before the Eastern Orthodox Christmas procession outside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem

WATCH: Santa distributes Christmas trees to Jerusalem residents

A cheerful bell-ringing Santa walked back and forth on the Old City's walls, calling on Christian residents to come pick out a tree free of charge.

Santa distributes free Christmas trees in the Old City.

WATCH: Jerusalem Latin Patriarch leads mass in Gaza ahead of Christmas

Christians make up a minority of about 3,500 people out of Gaza's 1.5 million mostly Muslim population.

Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch, Fouad Twal, leads a Christmas mass in Gaza