Louis Michel, the Catholic owner of St. Patrick Store, another Bethlehem shop that sells Christian merchandise, from locally made olive-wood nativity scenes and gold crosses to votive candles and ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (RNS) — Entering the Nativity Store gift shop, located around the corner from the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square, the first thing many visitors notice are its ...

Because of the attractive grain, the wood is used in Israel for the manufacture of small souvenirs. In biblical times, Solomon was instructed to build the doors of the Temple with olive wood (1 Kings ...

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