Come October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where the Gospel ...

A monumental stone marked the spot where God looked over the Temple Mount. The Gaon would sit on this stone as he spoke to the assembled crowd. A thousand years ago, during the Gaonic period, the ...

NY lawmakers view vandalized Jewish graves on Mount of Olives. The Mount of Olives (Har Hazeitim in Hebrew) in Jerusalem has been used as a Jewish cemetery for more than 3,000 years. Approximately 150 ...

Jesus prayed among the olive trees in the garden of Gethsemane on his last night before the crucifixion, according to the ...

Named after the olive groves that once covered its slopes, this 2,900-foot mountain stands opposite the Old City across the Kidron Valley. For more than 3,000 years, the Mount of Olives has served as ...