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 ...

Long before the Lag b’Omer stampede, Israel’s Mount Meron was home to a mix of ... a white sheet is stretched on a stage and smeared with olive oil for long minutes in a ceremony that some ...