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 ...

Olive wood carving is an art form that has existed since the 1600s in Bethlehem according to a free informational flyer that Nidal gives out. More than 1,500 carvers live in Bethlehem and their ...

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 ...

AMMAN — Fifty-three-year-old Eyad Saqer, who is one of the last standing “olive wood” craftsmen in Jordan ... “I used to ask people from Bethlehem, where the craft was very popular, to film videos of ...

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 ...