Mount of olives

Netanyahu visits family of Yehuda Katz, after soldier missing for 44 years receives burial

Last week, the IDF recovered the remains of Katz in an operation in Lebanon, 44 years after he went missing during the First Lebanon War.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the family of IDF soldier Yekutiel Yehuda Katz during the Shiva mourning period in Jerusalem, August 26, 2026.
Prof. Gabriel (Gabi) Barkay

Temple Mount sifting project co-founder Gabriel Barkay dies after decades of biblical research

Construction workers seen at Jerusalem's Mount of Olives, November 17, 2025

Israel to build $7.7 million visitor center at Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives

Archaeologist Mordechai Ehrlich holding the sealing.

Ancient seal discovered in Temple Mount soil may link to King Josiah's era


This week in Jewish history: Anne Frank’s first diary entry, Israel bombs Iraqi nuke reactor

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

 Anne Frank diary in Madame Tussauds museum on April 25, 2017 in Amsterdam Netherlands.

Mystery as old as Israel: Who is the little girl buried with Hahagana fighter?

An eight-year-old girl was buried with a fallen Hahagan fighter in 1948, but nothing is known about her.

 PARATROOPERS SALUTE after placing flags on the graves of fallen soldiers, during preparations for Remembrance Day ceremonies on the Mount of Olives.

Britain's King Charles III is a problem for the Palestinians - opinion

The royals’ desire to be buried in Jerusalem demonstrates a longstanding affection for the capital of the Holy Land - known as "Christian Zionism."

 KING CHARLES III, as the Prince of Wales, meets with Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, 2020.

On the Mount of Olives: ‘End of days is going to happen right here’

Jerusalem tour guide Kobi Cooper takes us on a tour of one of the city’s holiest sites

A camel sits on the Mount of Olives

Israel freezes plan to expand Jerusalem national park on church land

While the Mount of Olives rising east of the Old City includes sites that are holy to three monotheistic faiths, its slope is especially important for various Christian denominations.

 THE KIDRON Valley showing the Ottoman walls of the Old City.

This week in Jerusalem: Farewell to two giants

Your weekly roundup of city affairs.

 MIRIAM NAOR at the helm of the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem on August 30.

Jerusalem police to step up security on Mount of Olives

Majority of attacks around the cemetery have taken place on its overcrowded, narrow roads. Over the years, attacks have been so striking that many visitors have had to retain security escorts.

Jerusalem police to step up security on Mount of Olives

Nearing an end to my year of kaddish - opinion

My father did not die from complications related to COVID-19, but he may as well have.

Yahrzeit candle

Sheldon Adelson buried in Jerusalem on Friday

Praised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "huge Jewish patriot," Adelson died on Monday from cancer.

Miriam Adelson, wife of Sheldon Adelson attends his funeral in a cemetery in Jerusalem, January 15, 2021

Shalom Lerner appointed director of committee protecting Mount of Olives

"The time has come that Har HaZeitim from where Techiyat Hameitim will begin, should receive the attention and resources it deserves," said Lerner.

Stones placed in remembrance lie on grave tablets on the Mount of Olives Jewish cemetary as the sun sets in Jerusalem