How Jews, Arabs and tourists mingle in Jerusalem's ancient community. JERUSALEM, Israel, June 30, 2008 — -- Throngs of tourists block the narrow alleys of the Old City in Jerusalem, wandering ...

Today, it is Arab and Jew whose struggle defines Jerusalem. And, you think, of course there is some kind of struggle, this being the most contested place on earth, invaded, captured, lost and ...

UPDATED: May 4, 2016 at 10:37 PM MDT JERUSALEM — The rabbis see me before I see them.

Leave the Old City by the New Gate and you walk into Israeli/Palestinian politics. One crosses a major road, between East and West Jerusalem, still the internationally recognised border, and ...

What it's like to walk down the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem Published: Apr. 02, 2018, 9:54 a.m.

I wrote this poem as a college student in Jerusalem, inspired by a date I had with a young Israeli man who took me on a long night time walk through the back streets and alleyways of Jerusalem ...

In the Old City of Jerusalem today you can walk the Via Dolorosa, which means "the sorrowful way." You can retrace the steps where Jesus was scourged beyond human semblance (see Isaiah 52-53).

As I continue through the area’s Greek patriarchate, my eye goes to an ancient iron doorway, a small opening reminding of what one might find in a ship.

I’ve come to Jerusalem with the more touristy aim of exploring the Israeli capital’s rich history and faith-spiked culture. But before this episode is over, God has received prayers on behalf ...