Fresh from a visit to South Africa last year in conjunction with the 2010 World Cup, and a tour of England and Wales in 2009, the relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux arrived at Ben Gurion Airport Monday for a two-month stay in the Holy...
‘Let's walk the Old City Ramparts.. Walk about Zion, go round about her, number her towers, consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels;that you may tell the next generation that this is God, our God for ever and ever. He will be our guide for ever.(Psalm 48:12-14) .. and see...
Israeli life was built because of the many pioneers who came to the country built the first kibbutzing, planted the crops, made the desert bloom and much more. This pioneering spirit continues today as Israel has become one of the leading centers for high tech start...
Thousands of years ago, the ancient Galilee was full of hundreds of small villages where the simple people raised their crops, tended to their flocks and lived according to their ancient customs. These villages served as the backdrop for the historic events that spawned the...
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Though the Shroud of Turin has long been the subject of debate and controversy among theologians, scientists and historians, an exhibit of the shroud in Jerusalem enables believers and non-believers alike to connect with Jesus in a deeper way. While the exhibit at Notre Dame doesn’t claim conclusively...
A small prayer box from the Byzantine era was discovered in Jerusalem during archaeological excavations, proving that Christians have in fact been making pilgrimage to and living in the holy city for centuries. The miniature box, measuring 2.2 by 1.6 cm., is made of animal bone...
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Maintaining the trees planted in their honor In 1953 the Knesset (Israeli parliament) passed the Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance (Yad Vashem) Law, which gives particular emphasis «to commemorate the high-minded Gentiles who risked their lives to save Jews». Special legislation recognizes these courageous heroes as Righteous...
After five seasons of excavating at Khirbet Qeiyafa - a fortified city in the Elah Valley 30 km southwest of Jerusalem near where the shepherd David felled the Philistine giant Goliath, Prof. Yosef Garfinkel of the Hebrew University here has uncovered cultic artifacts from a...