Mati Wagner is The Times of Israel's religions reporter. RACHEL’S TOMB, Bethlehem — On a regular day, it’s possible to drive from inside Israel’s Green Line straight to Rachel’s Tomb in ...

and despite severe losses in the wars in which Israel has been engaged, the Jewish people have not been eliminated and have almost, in less than a century, recovered demographically. Before the ...

RACHEL’S TOMB lies on the northern outskirts of Bethlehem ... which is directed by Rabbi Avraham and Rebbetzin Nechama Dina Hendel. Jerusalem nature reserves will not become construction ...

Rebbetzin Nechama Dina Hendel, co-director of Chabad of Baka and the Friendship Circle of South Jerusalem, spoke about the ...

The tomb had been expected to be opened Thursday to enable Jews to worship there to commemorate Jewish matriarch Rachel ... Bank city that lies south of Jerusalem, but the army used force to ...