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Police inspect the scene of a terror shooting outside Jerusalem's Old City, August 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 14, 2022, 1:44 am
‘Screams of terror’: 7 hurt, including 2 seriously, in shooting near Western Wall
Terrorist waited for bus to stop outside Jerusalem Old City, opened fire in 2 places and fled; manhunt underway; ‘I jumped inside the bus and lay low,’ says passenger
By Emanuel Fabian and Michael Bachner
The Cenacle, traditionally believed to be the site of Jesus's Last Supper. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
October 1, 2016, 1:55 pm
When a German refugee accidentally captured Mount Zion
Soak up the history at one of Jerusalem’s holiest sites: the final resting place of King David, Jesus’s mother Mary and later, a dramatic battle in the War of Independence
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Illustrative: Anti-Christian graffiti found on the walls of Jerusalem's Dormition Abbey reads 'Death to the heathen Christians, the enemies of Israel,' January 17, 2016. (The Dormition Abbey)
January 31, 2016, 9:01 pm
3 Jewish teens indicted for vandalizing Jerusalem church
‘Christians to hell’ and ‘Death to the heathen Christians’ were found scrawled on the walls of Jerusalem’s Dormition Abbey earlier this month
By Tamar Pileggi
Anti-Christian graffiti found on the walls of Jerusalem's Dormition Abbey reads 'Death to the heretical Christians, the enemies of Israel,' January 17, 2016. (The Dormition Abbey)
January 20, 2016, 11:33 am
Israeli teens arrested for defacing church with anti-Christian graffiti
‘Christians to hell’ and ‘Death to the heathen Christians’ were scrawled on the walls of Jerusalem’s Dormition Abbey
By Raoul Wootliff
Anti-Christian graffiti found on the walls of Jerusalem's Dormition Abbey reads 'Death to the heretical Christians, the enemies of Israel,' January 17, 2016. (The Dormition Abbey)
January 17, 2016, 10:30 am
Jerusalem church defaced with anti-Christian graffiti
‘Christians to Hell’ and ‘Death to the heathen Christians’ among slogans scrawled on the walls of Dormition Abbey
By Tamar Pileggi
Reading the wall of tombstones at the Chamber of the Holocaust (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
April 28, 2014, 6:26 am
Overshadowed and overlooked, Shoah museum aims to carve niche
Older than the larger, official Yad Vashem, the Chamber of the Holocaust on Jerusalem’s Mount Zion looks to regain a spot on the map after years of fading interest
By Rebecca McKinsey
Mount Zion (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
October 27, 2012, 12:42 pm
On Mount Zion, a crossroads of faith and fable
From the supposed tomb of King David to the site of the Last Supper, one of the world’s holiest hilltops remains a multi-tiered enigma
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Restoration work at Lions Gate in Jerusalem. With completion of work at the gate, a 5-year repair project came to an end (photo credit: Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority)
September 11, 2012, 8:30 pm
Restoration work on Jerusalem’s walls complete
A five-year repair project, the first in nearly a century, saw the city’s 2.5 miles of Ottoman walls cleaned and restored — including gates from 1541, bullets from 1967, and modern-day falcon nests
By Matti Friedman
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