A fraction of the usual crowd. Jason Fields He'd made a few trips to the Old City since Oct. 7, he said, but not many. For him, it's a place of work more than a place of worship.

Not in the traditional sense that the people disappeared or that buildings were left to fall into ruin, but in the sense that a purpose was lost, swallowed by something much bigger, and an identity ...

April 18 (UPI) -- Thousands of people recited prayers while carrying large wooden crosses and walking through the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem acknowledging Good Friday.

"This discovery in the City of David once again affirms the Jewish people's ongoing 3,000+ year-old bond with Jerusalem – not simply as a matter of faith, but as a matter of fact – from Bible ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — One of the oldest communities in Jerusalem, the Armenians have lived in the Old City for decades without significant friction with their neighbors, centered around a convent ...

“Jerusalem is our heart,” said 63-year-old Mati Elkayam, who had come with his 14-year-old son. “The attack made it even more crucial for us to come here and be part of the nation, and show ...

FILE - The site of a discovery unveiled by Israel’s Antiquities Authority in the City of David National Park near the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- In the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, about 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City under tight security by ...

Many of these fighters were Sephardic residents of the Old City, amongst them 18 students from the Sephardic Talmud Torah (today’s SEC building). These heroes were actually born in Jerusalem.

JERUSALEM (AP) — As the war in Gaza rages, Syria’s government transforms, and the Israeli-occupied West Bank seethes, Armenian residents of the Old City of Jerusalem fight a different battle ...