Christian pilgrims from Brazil are baptized in the water of the Jordan River during a ceremony at the Yardenit baptismal site near the northern Israeli city of Tiberias on Wednesday. Yardenit is ...

THE SHORES OF JORDAN RIVER, Israel — A pastor called white-robed Christian pilgrims to descend toward the water under a canopy of eucalyptus trees. One by one, the believers vowed to renew their ...

Israel's strongest competitive offering has traditionally been the site at Yardenit, just down river from the Sea of Galilee. It is extremely well-equipped - with a shop selling white baptismal smocks ...

Until very recently, security considerations made it out of bounds to civilians. Thus, for decades, the Yardenit Baptismal Site near Kibbutz Kinneret became a focal point for hundreds of thousands ...

The Prayer Garden Yardenit serves a threefold mission aligned with the core priorities of the Love Israel Foundation USA: Support for PTSD Recovery in Israel – A portion of all contributions ...

Just a few kilometers south of the Yardenit baptismal site, plastic soda bottles blanket the southernmost “clean” section of the Jordan River, while below, raw sewage trickles into a saline ...