While visiting the historic Jerusalem neighborhood of Ein Karem during a school field trip in December, 10-year-old Nehorai Nir spotted something colorful shining in the dirt as he climbed a hill. He ...

A reminder of the devotion of Christian pilgrims coming to the Holy Land in the footsteps of their tradition was recently ...

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 ...

Re’em said the significance of this medallion is embedded in its findspot — Ein Karem, a site venerated by Christians because it is identified with the “town in Judah” where John the Baptist was born ...