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Are Bethlehem’s Christians losing grip on the city?

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection December 24, 2013

By DEBRA KAMIN, TIMES OF ISRAEL— It’s nearly Christmas, but the leader of this famed little town – the first female to ever hold the role – says that tourists are not flocking to the events in the packed calendar she and her team have prepared for the month of December. In a bid to…

Indigenous Christians of Israel

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection March 19, 2008

by Shelley Neese , The Jerusalem Connection Visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and you are bound to notice a short ladder resting on a second story window ledge. You can also see it in century old photographs and art in the exact same position it is today. On the surface the…