Israel

I last visited the Temple Mount some 40 years ago, and even then it was as a tourist.

While the name Jerusalem is usually rendered as “City of Peace,” there are a number of alternative and additional meanings.

Celebrating 50 years since the reunification of the western half of Jerusalem with its eastern half begs the question – what’s on the eastern side?

Even today, when breaking a glass under the chupah – the bridal canopy – every Jewish bridegroom takes the oath “if I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.”

This year we joyously mark 50 years since the reunification of Jerusalem under Israeli rule.

As in the two previous articles, this “parable” is unfolding right before our eyes today

Christian interest in the Temple Mount can be fairly well gauged by participation in the Temple Mount Sifting Project.

At Passover we remember the Exodus of the Children of Israel from Egypt and the first redemption of the nation.

It’s one of Israel’s more iconic photos: three wide-eyed paratroopers stand before the Wailing Wall shortly after its liberation in 1967.