Excavation Director Michael Chernin explained the importance of the ancient artifact he referred to as the Mount of Olives ... in the 1930s near Bet Shemesh," a town west of Jerusalem.
(JTA) — Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire who died this week and was a major funder of pro-Israel causes, will get the distinct honor of a Mount of Olives burial. The Las Vegas Review-Journal ...