When I first moved to Israel from the UK in the early 1990s, Christmas was a difficult time of year for me. Israel may be the birthplace of Christianity, but you’d never have guessed it. In the 1990s, ...

I NEVER LIKED Christmas until I came to Israel. Certainly I lusted after it as any Jewish child does, a blind, guilty lust, heightened and deepened--like most well-developed desires--by the ...

AI NEVER LIKED Christmas until I came to Israel. Certainly I lusted after it as any Jewish child does, a blind, guilty lust, heightened and deepened--like most well-developed desires--by the ...

Christmas in Israel is an extremely unique experience, second to none anywhere in the world. Offering several of the holiest places on earth for three of the world’s main religions ...

Israel stands as a haven for Christians who seek to rejoice and observe their faith, in stark contrast to the rest of the Middle East. Perhaps this Christmas, we should not only celebrate this ...

At Christmas House, Giacaman's shop, things have been bad since shortly after the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel by Gaza-based Hamas militants that killed 1,200 people, Israel says.

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Without its commercial trappings, Christmas becomes a simple but meaningful celebration. 'There’s so much to learn in the quiet,' one woman says.

New York Rep. Alexandira Ocasio-Cortez is being slammed online for her Christmas message condemning Israel. ZUMAPRESS.com “The entire story of Christmas and Christ himself is about standing with ...

JERUSALEM — Last year, Israelis marked Hanukkah and Christmas mostly quietly in their homes, synagogues, churches — and bomb shelters. Some 200,000 were displaced due to rocket fire from Gaza ...

Christmas morning in Bethlehem is somber, not the usual joyful town with parades and bands in Manger Square. Church leaders canceled celebrations there because of the Israel-Hamas war.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The typically bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town Sunday after Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel ...

JERUSALEM — Last year, Israelis marked Hanukkah and Christmas mostly quietly in their homes, synagogues, churches — and bomb shelters. Some 200,000 were displaced due to rocket fire from Gaza ...