Tag: mount of olives

That other famous mount.

“In Judaism, anointing with oil signifies the endowment of Divine power, authority and blessings upon the new king,” writes Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith, Aish.com editor-in-chief.

At Hebrew's End.

The valley houses the earliest tombs in the most ancient Jewish cemetery in the world, including Zechariah’s Tomb, the Tomb of the Sons of Hezir and Absalom’s Tomb.

Overlooking

Join a tomb raider adventure as we explore the mysterious ancient caves and magnificent stone carved monuments of the Mount of Olives - Jerusalem's oldest, active Jewish cemetery.

The Western Wall gets a cleaning and checkup, just like going to the dentist.

The Hanukkah holiday, and the fact that some people are upset about Christmas celebrations by immigrants to Israel.

"It is important to make clear, before the start of a diplomatic process, that Jerusalem will never be divided under any circumstance."

The pyroterrorism attacks continue...

Philanthropist Dr. Irving Moskowitz was laid to rest today on the Mount of Olives.

The new plan is intended to improve the personal safety of those ascending the mount and to prevent vandalism and desecration of the graves.

The police seem afraid to confront the actual source of the problem.

Jewish participation in peace programs does not provide immunity from Arab terror attacks.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin inspected the Afghan section of the cemetery on the Mount of Olives Monday, a site which has seen repeated vandalism and destruction by some of East Jerusalem's Arab residents.

Yishai hosts ZOA Israel Director Jeff Daube, International Committee for the Preservation of Har HaZeitim (ICPHH) chair Abe Lubinsky, committee volunteer Dr. Paul Rosenstock and Rabbi Mike Feuer.Daube, Lubinsky and Rosenstock discuss the work of the ICPHH, dedicated to stopping the defilement of Judaism’s oldest and holiest cemetery, with more than 150,000 graves. Through neglect on the part of Israeli authorities and acts of anti-Semitism, it has been desecrated and its visitors and mourners attacked. Then, Yishai is joined by Rabbi Mike Feuer to delve into this week’s Torah portion, Balak, where curses are transformed into blessings.

The Shayowitz family went up to the Mount of Olives on Monday morning to visit the graves of their father and brother, and were...

Mirella Petteni Haggiag, a former Italian model from Rome, makes her way through the tombstones with a garbage bag in her hand several times of year when she visits Israel.

Reminiscent of ISIS, Arabs continue to destroy Jewish graves on the Mount of Olives.

Three police have been injured in Jerusalem after a car ran into them. The three were walking on the sidewalk when the car slammed...

Once again, Arabs desecrated this ancient Jewish cemetery...

Heavy snow forces the Hermon ski slopes to close; Kinneret rises, but slowly.

The 4 will probably be buried on the Mount of Olives.

“A great miracle happened here” –Yochanan Danziger and Jeff Seidel got out alive.

It is not clear if this is a new destruction of graves, or if it was overlooked after one of the previous attacks and not repaired.

The grave desecraters are an adult and two minors from the A-Tur neighborhood.

The oldest, active Jewish cemetery in the world, going back around 3000 years.

Jewish headstones and monuments were smashed, broken and knocked over. Firebombs were thrown into the cemetery.

Ambush victim’s solution to Arab rioting: “Put them in Gaza.”

A woman and three girls miraculously escaped an Arab lynch mob on Thursday afternoon while driving through the Jerusalem A-Tur neighborhood on the Mount of Olives.