Tag: Christmas
In PA-controlled Bethlehem, Christmas is no longer the celebration of yesteryear
On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, Manger Square in Bethlehem was filled with people, but local Christians were few and far between. The majority of those milling around in the sunshine appeared to be...
December 25: Christians around the world celebrate Christmas
Most Christians today probably can’t imagine Christmas on any other day than December 25, but it wasn’t always that way. In fact, for the first three centuries of Christianity’s existence, Jesus Christ’s birth wasn’t...
Some 165,000 Christians to visit Israel during holiday season, says Tourism Ministry
An estimated 165,000 Christians are expected to visit Israel during the Christmas holiday season, according to Israel’s Tourism Ministry.
Tourism Minister Yariv Levin will host the annual pre-Christmas reception for Israeli Christians and church leaders, which will also...
Amazon removes ornaments showing images of Auschwitz
Amazon has removed Christmas ornaments, a bottle opener and a mouse pad that showed images of the Auschwitz concentration camps amid a backlash from the memorial that manages the site where the Nazis killed...
Jewish synagogue serves Christmas breakfast to homeless residents
LAS CRUCES - The smell of eggs and pancakes filled the air Christmas morning just outside Las Cruces' tent city for homeless residents.
About 20 members of a local Jewish synagogue were wielding spatulas, manning portable...
Christmas Tree Distributions in Israel
For decades, KKL-JNF has been growing trees especially for Christmas in its Eshtaol and Golani nurseries, where small saplings are carefully tended to until the trees have grown to their full size. The trees...
How Christmas Transformed Hanukkah in America
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, celebrates the victory, in 164 BCE of armed Jewish rebels led by Judah the Maccabee over the army of the Syrian despot Antiochus IV. Against all odds, the courageous, resourceful,...
Real-Life Grinch: To Protest Trump, Nazareth Mayor Cancels Christmas Performances
While it was originally reported on Thursday that Nazareth mayor Ali Salam would protest the US’ recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital by cancelling Christmas celebrations, this policy was later clarified to explain that...