The family’s company, the Bethlehem Star Olive Wood Factory, employs 14 carpenters ... In his store, the Blessings Gift Shop, at the end of Milk Grotto Road, just around the corner from Manger ...

This collection showcases the artistry and heritage passed down through generations of Bethlehem's craftsmen, preserving a craft that has spanned millennia. The olive wood carvings, including ...

Giacaman moved to New Zealand in the 1980s but returned to Bethlehem four years ago to take over the family business, which includes an olive wood factory behind the gift store. There, Giacaman's ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Jack Giacaman enjoys telling customers that every day is Christmas in his shop, which features hand-crafted olive-wood Nativity scenes, camels and crosses. But this year ...

That Baby Jesus with outstretched arms, carved from olive wood from the Holy Land by Bethlehem's master craftsmen ... which had been a Christmas gift to the Pope from the Palestinians, has ...

The family’s company, the Bethlehem Star Olive Wood Factory, employs 14 carpenters ... In his store, the Blessings Gift Shop, at the end of Milk Grotto Road, just around the corner from Manger ...