Rabbis’ Plea as Terrorists Attack Jewish Worshipers
Rabbis pleads for protection of Jewish worshipers as terrorists launch assault on Rachel’s Tomb.
Rabbis pleads for protection of Jewish worshipers as terrorists launch assault on Rachel’s Tomb.
About 50 Arabs hurled pipe bombs, fire bombs and rocks at security forces. One soldier lightly hurt.
Less than 25,000 people gathered to remember Rabin in Tel Aviv Saturday night while more than 70,000 prayed at Rachel’s Tomb.
Tens of thousands of people arrived at Rachel’s Tomb on Saturday night for the annual celebration of her life.
More than 13,000 have already visited Rachel’s Tomb in honor of the Biblical matriarch’s passing; more to come.
A Knesset delegation visited Rachel's Tomb on Wednesday to work out security details for the anniversary of the matriarch's death.
Rachel's Children Reclamation Foundation adjoining Rachel's tomb invites the public to enjoy Torah talks and a supperette at the site.
Next week a long tradition will be marked with a symposium at the house “filled with the spirit of Rachel Imeinu,” next to Rachel's Tomb.
An event on Tuesday and Wednesday at Rachel’s Tomb will include a memorial to terror victim Sara Blaustein, who visited the site every week.
Local Arabs hurled rocks at Jews who came to pray at the holy site.
Ministerial Committee for Heritage Program approves 13 projects at cost of NIS 72.5M.
The PA wants UNESCO to declare the Patriarchs’ Cave and Rachel’s Tomb as its heritage sites. Israel is excluding them from its own list.
Tens of thousands of people came to visit Rachel’s Tomb. "Rachel is everyone’s mother and we have come to visit our mother."
Rabbi Eliyahu began to feel weak after the 2008 terrorist attack at Mercaz HaRav, after he canceled plans to pray at Rachel’s Tomb.
MK Eldad says a curfew must be placed on Bethlehem area near Rachel's Tomb on Tuesday.
The PA plans to use anticipated membership in UN committee to make claims on Jewish holy sites in Judea, Samaria.
Oil paintings by the Ellen Lapidus Stern at Beit Bnei Rachel, adjacent to the Tomb of Rachel.
Israel to stop working with UN organization after it declares Rachel’s Tomb to be a mosque.
Netanyahu attacks UNESCO decision to recognize Rachel’s Tomb as a mosque as an “absurd” attempt to “detach Nation of Israel from its heritage.”
The 11th of Cheshvan is the yarhzeit for Rachel, the Biblical Matriarch. Special bus service ferries thousands to her tomb 'on the way to Efrata'.
PA warns of “holy war” over the 3,500-year-old Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem. Muslims claim it's a mosque, although Islam is barely 1,300 years old.
Tens of thousands of Jews prayed at Rachel’s Tomb (Kever Rachel) at Bethlehem Wednesday night and Thursday, 3,600 years after her death.
Worshippers introduce a Torah scroll written in the merit of Gilad Shalit in a festive ceremony at the Tomb of Rachel.