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Cardinal Rainer Woelki (C) leads a mass at the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish in Tabgha, on February 12, 2017, upon its reopening following eight months of renovation. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
February 12, 2017, 4:48 pm
Jesus ‘Loaves’ church reopens 20 months after arson attack
President Reuven Rivlin attends interfaith meeting at holy site; Israel contributed $400,000 toward repairs
By AFP and TOI staff
A priest inspects the damage caused to the Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha, on the Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel, which was set on fire in what police suspect was an arson attack, June 18, 2015. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
July 8, 2016, 12:58 am
A year later, Jesus ‘Loaves’ church attacked by Jewish arsonists still not repaired
First gov’t compensation payment only just arrived; officials say it’s not nearly enough to fix damage; fundraising under way in Germany
By Dov Lieber
Moshe Orbach smiles in court on February 18, 2016 (Channel 10 screen capture)
March 17, 2016, 11:13 pm
Jewish extremist gets two years for manifesto encouraging violence
Moshe Orbach of Bnei Brak wrote a pamphlet calling for attacks on non-Jews, including firebombing Palestinian homes
By Daniel Douek
Vandals desecrated the Christian cemetery at the Beit Jamal Monastery near Beit Shemesh, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said on January 9, 2016. (Latin Patriarchate’s Media Office)
January 9, 2016, 10:35 pm
Vandals destroy crosses at Beit Shemesh Christian cemetery
Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem urges Israel to investigate desecration of dozens of graves at Beit Jamal Monastery
By AFP and TOI staff
A priest inspects the damage caused to the Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha, on the Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel, which was set on fire in what police suspect was an arson attack, June 18, 2015. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
September 23, 2015, 11:30 pm
Israel to compensate church torched by Jewish extremists
Attorney general, Justice Ministry determine arson attack on Christian site a hate crime; church officials to seek NIS 7m.
By AFP
The alleged head of a Jewish extremist group, Meir Ettinger, appears in court in Upper Nazareth, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
September 20, 2015, 5:35 pm
Court upholds administrative detention for Kahane’s grandson
Meir Ettinger accused by Shin Bet of heading extremist Jewish group responsible for multiple hate crimes
By TOI staff
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein meets with a group of Orthodox rabbis at his office following the torching of the Tabgha church, June 25, 2015. (Yuli Edelstein Facebook page)
July 27, 2015, 7:37 pm
Rabbis raise funds to fix torched Loaves and Fishes church
‘Condemnation is not enough; after a while it loses its credibility,’ says Elijah Interfaith Institute director
By Marissa Newman
A nun inspects the damage at the Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, June 18, 2015. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
July 12, 2015, 10:13 am
Police arrest Jewish suspects in arson at ‘loaves and fishes’ church
Number of suspects and their identity under gag order; attack on historic site had sparked Vatican condemnation
By TOI staff
A nun inspects the damage at the Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, June 18, 2015. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
July 12, 2015, 2:55 am
New evidence surfaces in ‘Jesus loaves’ church arson
Despite court-imposed gag order, reports suggest police closing in on culprits in attack on holy site
By TOI staff
Alon Goshen-Gottstein
July 9, 2015, 4:28 pm
Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Rabbis? Fixing a church?
The project to restore the torched Tabgha Church is a Jewish religious imperative
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein meets with a group of Orthodox rabbis at his office following the torching of the Tabgha church, June 25, 2015. (Yuli Edelstein Facebook page)
June 28, 2015, 5:18 pm
Knesset speaker signs first check to fix torched church
Rabbi who is crowdfunding rehabilitation of Church of the Multiplication says Israeli Orthodoxy has lost its Jewish sensitivity to other faiths
By Elhanan Miller
Thousands rally outside the Church of the Multiplication in northern Israel on June 21, 2015. The church was torched and daubed with anti-Christian graffiti on June 18, 2015. (Screen capture: Walla news)
June 21, 2015, 7:09 pm
Thousands rally for peace at torched Galilee church
Residents and Christian leaders call for coexistence in massive demonstration at Church of the Multiplication
By Eytan Weinstein
A priest inspects the damage caused to the Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha, on the Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel, which was set on fire in what police suspect was an arson attack, June 18, 2015. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
June 19, 2015, 2:58 pm
On culture wars and holy wars
Culture minister’s feud with Israeli artists continues; PM demands that authorities nab Galilee church arsonists
By Adiv Sterman
Member of Knesset Rabbi Yisrael Eichler (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 18, 2015, 9:41 pm
Ultra-Orthodox MK: Women of the Wall same as church arsonists
Yisrael Eichler tells PM that nondenominational service attendees are ‘no less dangerous’ than hate-crime perpetrators
By Jonathan Beck and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 7, 2015 (Amit Shabi/pool/Flash90)
June 18, 2015, 5:44 pm
Netanyahu calls for swift probe into ‘Jesus church’ arson attack
Church officials say Israel not doing enough to thwart attacks by Jewish extremists, as politicians condemn fire and graffiti at Galilee holy site
By Stuart Winer and Eytan Weinstein
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