What began as a schoolboy’s hunt for edible plants in Jerusalem ended with an extraordinary discovery: a Christian mosaic cross dating back 100 to 200 years. While exploring the historic Ein ...

Ein Karem, a mountain village southwest of Jerusalem, has been venerated for centuries by Christians as the “town in Judah” where both John the Baptist is believed to have been born ...

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While on a class trip to the historic Ein Karem village in Jerusalem, Israel, a 10-year-old discovered an unexpected surprise. Nehorai Nir was picking edible plants with his class and believed he ...