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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

Religious holy sites

Hasidic Jews pray near the gravesite of 'Wonder Rabbi' Yeshaya Steiner in Bodrogkeresztur, Hungary, April 24, 2023. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
May 7, 2023, 1:38 am
‘Wonder Rabbi’ pilgrimage brings feuds, fraud and huge potential for Hungary’s Jews
As some 150,000 Orthodox Jews flock annually to Yeshaya Steiner’s grave in Bodrogkeresztur, the village’s future is at risk even as Budapest seeks to become a top Jewish center
By Yaakov Schwartz
Damage is seen to a shrine, believed to be the burial place of Benjamin son of Jacob, following a fire near the city of Kfar Saba, on May 6, 2022. (Israel Police)
May 7, 2022, 12:17 am
Jewish shrine near Kfar Saba damaged in fire, police say
Law enforcement officials say circumstances still under investigation; site on Route 55 highway believed to be burial place of Benjamin, son of Biblical patriarch Jacob
By ToI Staff
Morning fog surrounds the thousand-year-old Monastery of the Caves, also known as Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the holiest sites of Eastern Orthodox Christians, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
March 3, 2022, 6:41 pm
Kyiv’s most sacred shrines face risk of destruction as Russian offensive deepens
Following Russian strike that damaged the Babi Yar site, Ukraine fears Putin won’t hesitate to strike the country’s most sacred Orthodox shrines
By Peter Smith
The Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, on December 30, 2019. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
May 6, 2020, 10:34 am
Israel approves accessibility plan for Hebron site that violates deals with PA
Defense Ministry announces plan for elevator and bridge at entrance to Tomb of the Patriarchs, which is currently only accessible via a long flight of stone stairs
By Marcy Oster
Denis Michael Rohan sits inside a bulletproof glass box at his trial for setting fire to the al-Aqsa Mosque, at Binyanei Hauma convention center, Jerusalem, October 7, 1969. (Fritz Cohen/GPO)
August 23, 2019, 2:30 am
How an Australian sheepshearer’s al-Aqsa arson nearly torched Middle East peace
On August 23, 1969, kibbutz volunteer Denis Rohan listened to the voices in his head and started a fire on the Temple Mount, nearly igniting a regional war
By Abraham Rabinovich
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