Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
On Sunday, March 31, Jordan’s King Abdullah II and the acting leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, signed an agreement to jointly defend Jerusalem “from Israeli Judaization attempts.” A ...
An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The city of Jerusalem as well as other parts of Israel and the West Bank were covered in snow on Thursday after the worst storm in 20 years swept ...
Carrying out a constitutional assignment the Supreme Court gave it last year, the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday struck down a 2002 federal law that ordered the government to list Israel as the birthplace on ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Even if you’ve visited the Old City of Jerusalem, the IMAX film “Jerusalem” is likely to surprise you with its large format aerial views of its holy sites and bustling quarters. “I got goose bumps as ...
(RNS) It may be as close as most people get to praying at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and at the Western Wall, without actually going there. (RNS) It may be as close as a ...
And despite all the talk of guaranteeing freedom of worship to all, when Jordan controlled Jerusalem from 1949-1967 Jewish rights of access to holy sites there were brutally denied. Baker notes that ...
Secular mayor of Jerusalem won a second term Wednesday Mayor Nir Barkat declared in a victory speech at about 3%3A 30 a.m. Barkat won 51%25 of the vote while 45%25 went to Moshe Lion JERUSALEM (AP) — ...
A federal appeals court Tuesday found unconstitutional a law that gives thousands of Americans born in Jerusalem the option of listing Israel as their birthplace on U.S. passports. In a ...
“I honestly believe that if any Israeli parent sat down with those [Palestinian] kids, they’d say, ‘I want these kids to succeed.’ ” — Barack Obama, in Jerusalem, March 21 Very true. But how does the ...