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Holy Land

Ariel Tishby, curator of the exhbition 'Fact, Faith, and Fantasy - Maps of the Holy Land from the Chinn Collection,' which opened at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem in January 2026. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
April 25, 2026, 9:11 am
As Iran tries to wipe Israel off the map, a museum charts those who first put it on
Now reopened with war on hold, Israel Museum exhibition explores maps produced from the 15th to 19th century that blended geography with biblical beliefs and contemporary politics
By Rossella Tercatin
A message in support of Gaza is displayed on a building next to the square of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on December 24, 2023. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
December 25, 2023, 4:44 am
Faithful pray for Holy Land peace as Gaza fighting dampens Christmas spirit
Pope says his heart is with Bethlehem, where traditional celebrations are largely snuffed out; keffiyeh-clad Latin Patriarch tells Church of Nativity ‘ceasefire is not enough’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
College of the Holy Cross visual arts professor Amanda Luyster, guest curator of the new exhibit 'Bringing the Holy Land Home,' shows a reconstructed conception of a floor design at Chertsey Abbey, England, bearing images of the Crusades, in Worcester, Massachusetts, on March 8, 2023. (Photo / Laura C. Arena)
April 4, 2023, 4:15 am
In the Holy Land, clashing Crusaders and Muslims led to a fruitful cultural exchange
Through April 6, an exhibit at Massachusetts’s College of the Holy Cross shows how the violent religious wars also had an indelible artistic and aesthetic impact on Europeans
By Rich Tenorio
Benji Lovitt (left) and Joel Chasnoff at the launch of their new book, 'Israel 201, Your Next-Level Guide to the Magic, Mystery and Chaos of Life in the Holy Land, launched February 2023 (Courtesy Joel Chasnoff, Benji Lovitt)
March 10, 2023, 9:57 am
What Matters Now to Joel Chasnoff and Benji Lovitt: Love for Israel’s magical chaos
Comic educators talk about their new book, ‘Israel 201, Your Next-Level Guide to the Magic, Mystery and Chaos of Life in the Holy Land’
By Jessica Steinberg
Francesco Patton
November 10, 2020, 2:00 pm
Francesco Patton
Custos of the Holy Land: ‘Coronavirus can teach us a lesson in unity’
The Catholic Church’s Guardian of the Christian Holy Places echoes Pope Francis’ call for our times: Help others, especially the weak, no matter our differences
A postcard from the collection donated to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Courtesy/Hebrew University)
September 24, 2020, 6:07 am
Collector gifts Hebrew U. 130,000 postcards showing Holy Land since Ottoman era
Vast trove provides snapshots documenting experiences and impressions of visitors, including many pilgrims, who toured from 19th-century Ottoman period up to 21st-century Israel
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A group of tourists with residents of Jerusalem, circa 1860-1880. (Library of Congress)
July 18, 2020, 2:14 pm
Montefiores risked cholera, quarantine for 19th-century Holy Land Jews
Philanthropists Moses and Judith traveled months over land and sea, dodging plague and bandits, while undergoing bouts of forced isolation across Middle East
By Sally Style
'Star' actress Jude Demorest in Jerusalem on April 11, 2019. (Courtesy/ America's Voices in Israel)
April 12, 2019, 10:53 pm
‘Star’ actress Jude Demorest says Israel visit ‘reaffirmed’ her Christian faith
Lead actress on Fox network drama baptized in Jordan River during ‘powerful and inspiring’ pilgrimage to Holy Land
By Jessica Steinberg
A student makes wine at Ariel University. (Courtesy)
July 28, 2018, 3:37 am
An intoxicating journey uncorks Holy Land’s 5,000-year history of winemaking
Long before the French, native Middle Eastern grapes spurred libations, says journalist and oenophile Kevin Begos in his new book, ‘Tasting the Past’
By Rich Tenorio
President Reuven Rivlin meets with leaders of Christian communities in Israel for the traditional annual reception to mark the civil New Year on December 27, 2016. (Mark Neiman/GPO)
December 27, 2016, 6:26 pm
Rivlin to Christian leaders: We must speak, act, pray for Syria
At annual reception, president calls on international community to build trust between Israelis and Palestinians
By ToI Staff
The Emperor Heraclius Bringing the Cross to Jerusalem, from three volumes of an antiphonary made for the Franciscan community of Bethlehem. (Marie-Armelle Beaulieu/Custodia Terræ Sanctæ)
October 11, 2016, 10:42 pm
Met exhibition on medieval Jerusalem has lots of harmony, not so much Judaism
‘Landmark’ new show featuring 200 stunning artifacts from across the globe is heavy on Christian and Muslim themes, lighter on Jewish ones, and painstakingly avoids contemporary controversies
By Raphael Ahren
Jaffa street in Jerusalems city center. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
July 23, 2016, 3:13 pm
When Herzl wooed the emperor of Germany
Follow in the footsteps of Kaiser Wilhem II, whose 1898 visit to Jerusalem didn’t turn out as well as the father of Zionism had hoped
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Pierbattista Pizzaballa at the Church of St. Catherine in Bethlehem, November 2010. (Najeh Hashlamoun/Flash90)
June 25, 2016, 6:21 am
Italian to supervise as Jerusalem awaits new Catholic Patriarch
Pierbattista Pizzaballa, a Franciscan brother, will oversee the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem until election of replacement
By AFP
Pierbattista Pizzaballa at the Church of St. Catherine in Bethlehem, November 2010. (Najeh Hashlamoun/Flash90)
May 20, 2016, 11:25 pm
Catholic Church names new custodian of Holy Land sites
Franciscan Father Francesco Patton to take over from Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who held post for 12 years
By AFP
Serbian Orthodox Christian pilgrims carry a large metal cross from Serbia along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Suffering), during the Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City on April 29, 2016. (Gali Tibbon/AFP)
April 29, 2016, 8:05 pm
Orthodox Christians mark Good Friday in Jerusalem
Hundreds of Israeli security forces deployed along Old City’s narrow streets to regulate flow of worshipers
By AFP
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