Elaine Fletcher
Elaine Fletcher is an author at Religion News Service.
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NEWS STORY: Israeli Authorities Probe Possible International Antiquities Forgery Ring
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ Israeli Antiquities Authority investigators are exploring the possibility that Tel Aviv antiquities dealer Oded Golan, now in police custody, was the leader of a ring of experts and specialists who may have collaborated in the alleged forgery of the purported first century A.D. inscription on the famous “James […]
NEWS STORY: Palestinian Christians, Muslims Gloomy Over Coalition’s Iraq Victory
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ People in Baghdad may have danced in the streets over the fall of Saddam Hussein, but here in another corner of the Middle East, Muslim and Christian Palestinians are gloomy and depressed over the rapid course of the U.S. victory over Iraq. Many Muslims still see the invasion […]
NEWS FEATURE: Growing Inequality Threatens Israel’s Founding Vision of Equality
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ Under a blazing afternoon sun earlier this summer, a rag-tag assortment of single mothers and children sat at the entrances to white canvas tents lining the sidewalk in front of Israel’s Finance Ministry. They were locked in a battle with the well-paid bureaucrats across the street for what […]
NEWS STORY: In Holy Land, Attitudes on Iraq War as Varied as the People
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ Some are still praying for a peaceful solution to the Iraqi-U.S. standoff. Some are praying for victory for U.S.-aligned forces, and others for the miraculous defeat of the U.S. monolith by a defiant Saddam Hussein. Here in the Holy Land, not so far from the Iraqi border, attitudes […]
NEWS STORY: Ancient Solomon Temple-Related Tablet Discovered in Jerusalem
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ A 2,800 year-old stone tablet inscribed with a passage describing the renovation of Solomon’s Temple has been discovered in Jerusalem and may be the first bit of archaeological evidence to confirm biblical descriptions of Solomon’s dynasty and the elaborate house of sacrifice and worship he is said to […]
NEWS FEATURE: Documentary Film Describes Quest for the `Lost’ Ossuary
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service EIN KEREM, Israel _ The “corpse” is shivering ever so slightly on the cold and gray winter day as green herbs are piled on his naked chest and his toes are rubbed with olive oil. “Don’t breathe, don’t breathe,” hisses Canadian film director Simcha Jacobovici as he seeks to capture […]
NEWS FEATURE: Documentary on James Ossuary Set to Air on Easter
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service EIN KEREM, Israel _ The “corpse” is shivering ever so slightly on the cold and gray winter day as green herbs are piled on his naked chest and his toes are rubbed with olive oil. “Don’t breathe, don’t breathe,” hisses Canadian film director Simcha Jacobovici as he seeks to capture […]
NEWS STORY: Modern Day Magi Recreate Ancient Christmas Trek
By Elaine Fletcher — December 22, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service BETHLEHEM, West Bank _ As the sun sets over Bethlehem on Christmas Day of the new millennium, “Wise Men” from distant lands are set to ride into the town astride camels, bearing “gifts” of goodwill for the residents of an ancient city, mired in modern political turmoil. The caravan of […]
NEWS STORY: Modern Day Magi Recreate Ancient Christmas Trek
By Elaine Fletcher — December 22, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service BETHLEHEM, West Bank _ As the sun sets over Bethlehem on Christmas Day of the new millennium, “Wise Men” from distant lands are set to ride into the town astride camels, bearing “gifts” of goodwill for the residents of an ancient city, mired in modern political turmoil. The caravan of […]
NEWS STORY: Palestinian Christians Becoming Embroiled in Mideast Conflict
By Elaine Fletcher — November 3, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ Cedar Duaybis, a grandmother of five, always swore that she would never flee again. In 1948, as a child, her Palestinian Christian family left the Mediterranean city of Haifa amid fighting between Arab forces and the newly declared state of Israel, winding up as refugees in the West […]
NEWS STORY: Palestinian Christians Becoming Embroiled in Mideast Conflict
By Elaine Fletcher — November 3, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ Cedar Duaybis, a grandmother of five, always swore that she would never flee again. In 1948, as a child, her Palestinian Christian family left the Mediterranean city of Haifa amid fighting between Arab forces and the newly declared state of Israel, winding up as refugees in the West […]
NEWS STORY: Middle East’s Holy Sites Take Center Stage in Uprisings
By Elaine Fletcher — October 14, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ Outside of Jerusalem’s Old City walls, a group of Palestinian youths denied entrance to the site sat in noontime prayers on the grass and concrete, listening to a sermon that stated, “The Jews are our enemies, and we will beat them.” Meanwhile, at the Western Wall on the […]
NEWS STORY: Middle East’s Holy Sites Take Center Stage in Uprisings
By Elaine Fletcher — October 14, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ Outside of Jerusalem’s Old City walls, a group of Palestinian youths denied entrance to the site sat in noontime prayers on the grass and concrete, listening to a sermon that stated, “The Jews are our enemies, and we will beat them.” Meanwhile, at the Western Wall on the […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: On the Fringe, One Rabbi’s Efforts For Mutual Understanding
By Elaine Fletcher — October 14, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ At a time when human life seems to have become cheaper and mobs on both sides have intensified their cries for enemy blood, Rabbi Arik Asherman is one figure still fighting for compassion, seeking to sensitize Jews and Arabs to the pain of the “other” side. Over the […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: On the Fringe, One Rabbi’s Efforts For Mutual Understanding
By Elaine Fletcher — October 14, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ At a time when human life seems to have become cheaper and mobs on both sides have intensified their cries for enemy blood, Rabbi Arik Asherman is one figure still fighting for compassion, seeking to sensitize Jews and Arabs to the pain of the “other” side. Over the […]
