Although a Jewish community was maintained in Hebron since the destruction of the Second Temple, Jews in the city were persecuted by Crusaders. After the 14th century, the Muslim rulers forbade ...

the cities have massive and big walls (Numbers 13: 21-28)” Ancient City of Hebron: The wall on the left is a remnant of the one mentioned in Numbers 13. Photo Credit: Shutterstock My tourists ...

It has become a moving and unifying tradition in Israel to read the Torah portion of Chayei Sara, which includes the story of Abraham purchasing the Cave of the Patriarchs from Efron the Hittite ...

Hebron is the world’s most ancient Jewish city, mentioned in the Bible as the first property purchased by the Biblical Patriarch Abraham in the Land of Israel. Abraham and Sarah and most of the ...

and daggers marched through the Jewish quarter of Hebron,” writes Yardena Schwartz. Before the day was over, the streets of the ancient city in British Mandate Palestine ran red with blood ...

Marzel, lives in the holy city of Hebron, and has been keeping the flame alive for those who believe in settling every inch of the ancient Land of Israel. I was recently invited by Marzel to visit ...

Two young men were drinking tea on a balcony in the ancient city of Hebron when one was stabbed and posthumously beheaded. The other was arrested, covered in blood. I met with two Israelis who ...

The falafel shop owner is also from Hebron, another ancient city whose inhabitants have traditionally been a pillar of ...

HEBRON, West Bank — Josh Drill had walked only a few dozen steps in this contested ancient city when he bent double in the glaring sun and retched. All it had taken was a challenge from an armed ...

In 422 BCE (some historians say 586 BCE) the Kingdom of Judah, including the city of Hebron, was conquered by the Babylonians who exiled its inhabitants to modern day Iraq. The Babylonian Empire ...