BETHLEHEM, Pa. – A beloved holiday tradition is returning to the Christmas City. Three-hundred-sixty-three days a year, the neon red letters on top of Historic Hotel Bethlehem shine “HOTEL BETHLEHEM.” ...

FADEL: The city is nestled in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and is a place where people from around the world have long gathered to celebrate Jesus' birth. NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi was at the ...

Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit, after two years of ...

The historic Moravian District in Bethlehem was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list in 2024 When I first visited Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, I went ...

Odette Al Sliby, a Bethlehem resident, has sung in choirs since she was seven years old, but she said few things compare to being able to sing in the grotto at the midnight Mass. “It’s very holy, the ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — At midnight on Christmas Eve, the words of the traditional hymn “The Night of Christmas” will ring out in the tiny grotto in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, built on ...

Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit. The giant Christmas tree that was absent during the Israel-Hamas ...