Honoring the late Rabbi Abraham Hamra, the chief rabbi of Syrian Jewry, the library unveiled several of the 12 fragile ...

What motivated the smashing on April 23 of the main gate to Damascus’s historic Jewish cemetery and the digging of a pit disturbing the tomb of renowned mystic Rabbi Hayyim ben Joesph Vital? The desec ...

Vital’s writings, including Etz Chaim ("Tree of Life") and Shaar HaGilgulim ("The Gate ... s tomb is not only important for the Jewish people but also vital for protecting the multicultural history of ...

Jewish leaders around the world expressed outrage this weekend after the tomb of Rabbi Chaim Vital, a major figure in Jewish history and mysticism, was desecrated in Damascus, Syria. The Alliance ...

Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. On a sunny and crisp Jerusalem winter day, a moderate crowd of vendors with old-fashioned trolleys, women wearing ...

Police greenlighted Israeli illegal settlers' provocative flag march that will pass through occupied East Jerusalem's Damascus Gate, media reports said Thursday. Israeli public broadcaster KAN ...

Occupied East Jerusalem – Within moments of arriving at Damascus Gate, one of the main entrances into the Old City of Jerusalem, I found myself surrounded by four Israeli paramilitary officers.

The story so far: On Monday, Israeli armed forces stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Haram esh-Sharif in Jerusalem ... police set up barricades at the Damascus Gate outside the occupied Old City ...

Resembling a crown, the towering and turreted walls of the Damascus Gate are a significant landmark in the city of Jerusalem. Called Bab al-Amoud ("Gate of the Column") by Palestinians and Sha ...

Israel's Public Security Minister Omer Barlev allowed on Wednesday the flag parade held on Jerusalem Day to pass through Damascus Gate and the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. This year's ...

Occupied East Jerusalem – The Damascus Gate, or Bab al-Amud – as it is known in Arabic, has re-emerged as a flashpoint between Palestinians and Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem.

The Israel Police successfully contained several hundred nationalist protesters who planned a “flag march” through Jerusalem flashpoints to oppose the current government and reaffirm Jewish ...