Holy sites in jerusalem

Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei: Wisdom of the wise

“Give to the wise, and he will become yet wiser.”

A pile of books.
Israel Police officers patrol in Jerusalem’s Old City during the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, February 18, 2026.

A cautious Ramadan: Balancing security, rights, and common sense for a peaceful month - editorial

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system

 King Abdullah II receives representatives of Jerusalem Waqf and Church Councils, Jerusalemite figures in presence of Palestinian President

Patriarchs, Abbas praise Jordan's role in preventing 'Judaization' of Jerusalem's holy sites


In memory of Mrs. Cherna Moskowitz, of blessed memory

 Star of David and yizkor candle.

Garden of eatin': Hiking the Holyland and all it has to offer

Something about the foragers’ feast we find in this forest connects me to our nation’s past.

 WILD EDIBLES in the Jerusalem foothills.

Israeli bill seeks to revive Western Wall compromise after six years

A significant change was proposed for the access to this "mixed" prayer area in the Kotel Compromise.

 Torah scrolls being moved from the Western Wall to genizah.

US gov't commission ‘seeks assurances’ for status quo of Jerusalem holy sites

The commission said it had recorded an increase in the targeting of churches, mosques, and synagogues, as well as religious sites.

A priest shows a gravestone allegedly vandalized by Jewish men in the Christian cemetery on Mount Zion, in the Old City of Jerusalem, January 4, 2023.

Jordan's King Abdullah Jerusalem comments were hypocritical and dangerous - editorial

We earnestly hope that Lapid took Abdullah to task in private for his outrageous remarks, and urged him to carefully weigh his words regarding Jerusalem.

 Jordan's King Abdullah II addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City, US, September 20, 2022.

Letters to the Editor May 9, 2022: A key question

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Biblical name seals shed light on First Temple treasuries

New research published in the Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology offers insights on where the Kingdom of Judah kept its wealth some 2,600 years ago.

 The “Royal Building” in the Ophel Park, identified by the researchers as the Royal Treasury

Grapevine: 'A city knit together'?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Rabbi Gilad Kariv at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, August 9, 2021.

Conference on importance of Holy Land visits

Father Nieuviarts: “We come as pilgrims and we need to understand better this land and, as Christians, our link it”.

Church of the Holy Sepulcher 311

Holy Fire ceremony at Church of Holy Sepulchre draws crowds in Jerusalem

With Jerusalem under lockdown last year's Holy Fire ceremony was held in the near-empty church that is revered by Christians as the site of Jesus's crucifixion, burial and resurrection.

A view of a mass in memory of the late Pope John Paul II in front of the sepulchre in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old city.