UNESCO
Netanyahu to host seminar on Jewish history for UN diplomats
By RNS staff — May 6, 2016
JERUSALEM (Reuters) "I was shocked to hear that UNESCO adopted a decision denying any Jewish connection to the Temple Mount, our holiest site," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday (May 6) in a statement.
Jewish leaders slam UNESCO on Western Wall
By Lauren Markoe — April 18, 2016
(RNS) Jewish and Israeli leaders said the UNESCO resolution not only champions the Palestinian view of the conflict but ignores the site's significance to Jews.
The ‘Splainer: What religious sites were lost or damaged in Nepal quake
By Kimberly Winston — April 28, 2015
(RNS) In one minute, the April 25 earthquake in Nepal toppled, destroyed and damaged a millennium of religious history. This 'Splainer looks at the damaged sites and their religious and historical significance.
At Christmas, a rare collaboration to restore an ancient church
By Michele Chabin — December 23, 2013
(RNS) In what some are calling the biggest miracle in Bethlehem since the birth of Jesus, the three churches that share responsibility for the Nativity church put aside centuries of tense relations this past year to ensure the restoration of the ancient site is completed.
Timbuktu artifacts destroyed in Northern Mali fighting
By Omar Sacirbey — June 11, 2013
(RNS) Fighting in Mali has destroyed or damaged many religious artifacts and buildings in Timbuktu, an ancient Islamic learning center.
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