The British-Jewish philanthropist's 1839 visit to pre-state Israel helped inspire his establishment of Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem's first modern Jewish neighborhood

More than 100 free concerts on offer throughout the northern hilltop city during the musical event

Only four hotels remain open in the northern Israeli holy city, down from more than 20 in the 1980s

Firefighters say unclear exactly what kids were using that set alight apartment in Safed, urge installation of smoke detectors

Firefighters work to extinguish blazes near Jerusalem, northern Israel, after country faces rash of fires over several days amid severe heatwave