Distracted for years by reporting on the fanfare around the fated pilgrimage to Ukraine, I made time to actually go to the gravesite, the main focus of the journey

Despite calls to stay away, hundreds of devout Jews brought their young children to the annual Rosh Hashanah celebration

In apparent coalition crisis after remark that God 'hasn't always protected us' in Europe and Ukraine, UTJ MK pans PM's 'ignorance,' blames Zionists for suffering during Holocaust

But cabinet approves funds to aid travelers anyway; PM says when Israel comes under missile attacks people head for shelter, but in Ukraine 'there is no protection'

Haredi visitors outside Stella Maris say they want to pray near the presumed burial site of Prophet Elisha; churchgoers say it's just another attempt to intimidate Christians

After 3 years in which pandemic limited attendance and long waiting lists swelled further, Muslims from Gaza, Indonesia and the US prepare for once-in-a-lifetime visit to Mecca

Third guard dies of wounds, after two Jewish worshipers and two other guards are killed by rogue officer who opened fire on Djerba synagogue during annual pilgrimage

Hassen Chalghoumi, who was in Djerba when two Jews were killed there, says the annual event must continue for sake of 1,000-member local Jewish community

As some 150,000 Orthodox Jews flock annually to Yeshaya Steiner's grave in Bodrogkeresztur, the village's future is at risk even as Budapest seeks to become a top Jewish center

Though nowhere near as packed - or rowdy - as a similar one in Ukraine, an off-the-beaten-path tomb is increasingly visited by supplicants who bring an air of quiet camaraderie