...Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan4. Help, Thanks, Wow by Anne Lamott5. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor6. Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi7. Going Clear by Lawrence Wright8. The World Until Yesterday by Jared M. Diamond9. The...
JERUSALEM - In an step that could intensify a major rift among Israelis, the defense minister on Tuesday ordered the army to prepare for...
...Biblically-speaking, the holiday celebrates a small band of ancient Hebrews who, after defeating the Greek army and liberating Jerusalem, rededicated the Holy Temple - of which the Western Wall still stands - by lighting one day's worth of oil that miraculously...
...Businesses were reopening, but suffered from shortages of supplies and staffers who had fled.__Associated Press writers Amy Teibel in Jerusalem, Aron Heller in Sderot, Israel, and Mohammed Daraghmeh in Cairo contributed reporting.
...beautiful and joyful festival commemorates how a one day supply of oil miraculously burned for eight days when the temple in Jerusalem was rededicated after being desecrated by a persecuting foreign ruler. And as with the Christmas celebration, the eight...
An American friend visiting Jerusalem last week shared with me his concerns about the future...medal he had received after running in the first Jerusalem Marathon. He was born in Jerusalem and the marathon happened to pass through the important...
JERUSALEM - Israel said Thursday that it agreed to trade Egyptian prisoners for...blue metal gate at the border.At a news conference late Thursday in Jerusalem, Grapel said Egyptian authorities "made sure that I was fed well, respected...
...in Israel, is building a new wall in Jerusalem's walled Old City. But this wall...Desert and the Dead Sea, but decided on Jerusalem, where a year-long exhibit at the...Museum - ``Chihuly in the Light of Jerusalem 2000,'' featuring thousands of pieces...
JERUSALEM - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin visited a Jewish holy site in Jerusalem soon after arriving in Israel Sunday on a trip...said in a statement. Palin toured holy sites in Jerusalem's Old City Sunday evening as Israelis celebrated...
...and Episcopal communities celebrated Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Members of the three communities gathered...reading of the account of Christ's triumphant entrance into Jerusalem and a brief homily by Orthodox priest, Fr. Michael Oleksa...
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