For many activists, ascending Temple Mount for Tisha B’Av an act of defiance Over 2,000 visit the holy site on Jewish day of mourning commemorating destruction of two Temples, in an act that ...

On the one hand, the Temple Mount, where the royal palace and temple were located, was probably the economic and administrative center of the city as early as the second millennium B.C.E.,” Na ...

But near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, other sounds prevailed: loud singing by Jewish men who ascended to it in honor of a day of mourning despite the fact that doing so has ...

(RNS) — A new find near the Temple Mount suggests that the ‘City of David’ was more likely a suburb of ancient Jerusalem. Skip to content Mastodon Covering the world of religion.

The compound known as the City of David is popular among Jewish and Christian tourists alike, drawing more than 400,000 people every year. The site includes the Gihon Spring, where, according to ...

Temple Mount statistics are eye-opening. When examined a little more closely, they tell a story of a topic considered once by many to be taboo becoming adapted into the mainstream.

Past visits to the Temple Mount, revered by both Muslims and Jews, have sparked clashes in the country and could alienate the Arab nations Israel seeks to woo.

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Today the Temple Mount, a walled compound within the Old City of Jerusalem, is the site of two magnificent structures: the Dome of the Rock to the north and the Al-Aqsa Mosque to the south.