Cave of Patriarchs
Parashat Vayera: Bridging heaven and earth
When we seek the higher values behind our everyday actions, daily life itself becomes a form of sacred service, allowing us to experience something of the Garden of Eden here on earth.
High Court lifts freeze on NIS 78m. Religious Services funding, keeps broader freeze in place
Foreign Ministry denies annulment of Hebron Agreement, contradicting Smotrich's announcement
Israel barred Islamic officials from entering Ibrahimi Mosque, Palestinians claim
Mufti slams Pence for ‘storming’ Tomb of the Patriarchs
Former US Vice President Mike Pence took a tour of Hebron, where he visited the Tomb of the Patriarchs.
Israel won't battle Biden over US return to UNESCO
Israel has no plans to oppose the US' return to UNESCO and doesn't plan to renew its own UNESCO membership.
Israel's ties to Hebron undeniable, Herzog says at Cave of Patriarchs
Palestinians and Israeli left-wing politicians and activists protested the president's decision to visit the city.
Palestinians, IDF clash in Hebron after Herzog's candle-lighting
Violence between Palestinians and IDF forces came after President Isaac Herzog lit the first Hanukkah candle at the Cave of the Patriarchs.
President Isaac Herzog's controversial candle lighting
Herzog may have thought that lighting the first Hanukka candle in the Cave of the Patriarchs where Abraham, Sarah, Isaac and Jacob are buried, would be a symbolic act of unity.
Parashat Chayei Sarah: Learning how to converse
Every word and every sentence in the dialogues that appear in the parasha is there to teach us how to operate in a holy way.
Hundreds of Israelis go to Cave of the Patriarchs with WZO for Slichot
Many also went to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City for Slichot, abiding by government COVID-19 restrictions.
Palestinian Islamic council: Israel undermining foundations of al-Aqsa Mosque
The Palestinian Supreme Fatwa Council renewed a ban on selling properties to Jews and issued a series of statements decrying the "Judaization" of Palestinian and Islamic sites.
IDF estimates Tomb of the Patriarchs elevator within six months
The project has been controversial both from an archaeology perspective and because of its intersection with the dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Hebron's Tomb of Patriarchs elevator project to receive NIS 1.5 million
MK Moshe Gafni: "It is enormously important to allow public sites to be accessible to the disabled, even more so for a sacred place like the Tomb of the Patriarchs."