Mamre is mentioned several chapters before as ... the group from Kiryat Arba into what is today part of the H1 zone of Hebron controlled by the Palestinian Authority. The trip was organized ...

In contemporary times, Kiryat Arba refers to a Jewish settlement outside the city of Hebron proper. As mentioned above, Mamre and Eshkol are both alternate names for Hebron/Kiryat Arba ...

but what does Ephron have to do with the giants who lived in Hebron? As mentioned above, Mamre and Eshkol are both alternate names for Hebron/Kiryat Arba, but they are also the names of Abraham ...

As Nov. 19’s Shabbat Chayei Sarah approaches, we are once again reminded of the prominent place of Hebron in Jewish history. According to the biblical narrative, Abraham’s wife Sarah died in ...

Eliseev is head of the only church in a city where there are almost no Christians. His Russian Orthodox Oak of Mamre Church is in Hebron in the Palestinian West Bank, a city holy to both Muslims and ...

As the public Torah weekly readings reach the story of the Patriarch Abraham, a rare Jewish visit was paid to Avraham's home in Elonei Mamre. The site is mentioned three times in Genesis ...

His Russian Orthodox Oak of Mamre Church is in Hebron in the Palestinian West Bank, a city holy to both Muslims and Jews, but which holds less significance for Christians. Hebron has also been ...