The Battle For Jerusalem : Throughline Today, the city of Jerusalem is seen as so important that people are willing to kill and die to control it. And that struggle goes back centuries. Nearly a ...

The synagogue contains not only a Torah scroll rescued after the Holocaust but also a striking silver hanukkiah, shaped like a stone gate and crafted by famed Jerusalem artist Frank Meisler in ...

JERUSALEM — On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gather in the cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulcher for a centuries-old ceremony known as the Holy Fire. Holding unlit candles ...

You can reach the newsroom at newsroom@newsweek.com Wildfires erupted Wednesday in the Eshtaol Forest on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Nearby communities were evacuated and several roads were closed ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, cuts an unmistakable figure in the dark corridors of the ancient, stone patriarchate in this troubled corner of the world.