Holy sites in jerusalem

Patriarchs, Abbas praise Jordan's role in preventing 'Judaization' of Jerusalem's holy sites

The attendees reportedly highlighted Jordan’s "guardianship of the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem."

 King Abdullah II receives representatives of Jerusalem Waqf and Church Councils, Jerusalemite figures in presence of Palestinian President
 Star of David and yizkor candle.

In memory of Mrs. Cherna Moskowitz, of blessed memory

 WILD EDIBLES in the Jerusalem foothills.

Garden of eatin': Hiking the Holyland and all it has to offer

 Torah scrolls being moved from the Western Wall to genizah.

Israeli bill seeks to revive Western Wall compromise after six years


US gov't commission ‘seeks assurances’ for status quo of Jerusalem holy sites

The commission said it had recorded an increase in the targeting of churches, mosques, and synagogues, as well as religious sites.

A priest shows a gravestone allegedly vandalized by Jewish men in the Christian cemetery on Mount Zion, in the Old City of Jerusalem, January 4, 2023.

Jordan's King Abdullah Jerusalem comments were hypocritical and dangerous - editorial

We earnestly hope that Lapid took Abdullah to task in private for his outrageous remarks, and urged him to carefully weigh his words regarding Jerusalem.

 Jordan's King Abdullah II addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City, US, September 20, 2022.

Letters to the Editor May 9, 2022: A key question

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Biblical name seals shed light on First Temple treasuries

New research published in the Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology offers insights on where the Kingdom of Judah kept its wealth some 2,600 years ago.

 The “Royal Building” in the Ophel Park, identified by the researchers as the Royal Treasury

Grapevine: 'A city knit together'?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Rabbi Gilad Kariv at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, August 9, 2021.

Conference on importance of Holy Land visits

Father Nieuviarts: “We come as pilgrims and we need to understand better this land and, as Christians, our link it”.

Church of the Holy Sepulcher 311

Holy Fire ceremony at Church of Holy Sepulchre draws crowds in Jerusalem

With Jerusalem under lockdown last year's Holy Fire ceremony was held in the near-empty church that is revered by Christians as the site of Jesus's crucifixion, burial and resurrection.

A view of a mass in memory of the late Pope John Paul II in front of the sepulchre in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old city.

Eastern Orthodox mark Holy Fire in Jerusalem

Called the Saturday of Light by some eastern churches, the holiday is observed according to the Julian calendar which the Orthodox adhere to, explained Armenian historian George Hintlian.

Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, apostolic administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem stands at the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for the Good Friday service amid restrictions due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jerusalem's Old City April 10, 2020.

The golden eagle in Jerusalem: History repeats itself

King Herod put a golden eagle outside of the Temple of Jerusalem.

Scene from the  Arch of Titus

Profaning Jewish cultural and holy sites

Palestinians have not merely threatened to profane Jewish holy sites, they have physically done so in the most egregious of ways.

The Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron

How should Jerusalem be divided? - Watch & Poll

Corey Gil Shuster polled a handful of Israelis throughout the country from Tel Aviv to Rosh Ha’ayin to the Holy City itself, to find out how people feel.

Lightning strikes over the Beit Safafa neighborhood in Jerusalem, Oct. 14, 2019