History of the Tomb

All visitors confined to quarantine in Hebron due to plague outbreak in Egypt.

The legend of the Avraham Avinu synagogue stems from the plague that forced Hebron’s residents to flee.

A rare historical document explains the facts about the return of the massacre survivors to Hebron in 1931.

Guests from around the land would travel to Hebron to enjoy the city’s famous hospitality and special Purim pastries and…

Among those slain in 1929 were eight Americans — including the Chicago-born nephew of Rav Moshe Mordecai Epstein, the Rosh…

“Here in the gloom we met spectral Jews, their strongly-contrasted figures and faces appearing for a moment in the twilight…

The Chabad-Lubavitcher hasidic movement has deep roots in the City of the Forefathers.

Hospital records testify to harrowing escape by mother and children from anti-Jewish riot.

The Yosefiyya is one of the later additions to the ancient Tomb of Machpela structure.

The brother-in-law of the Baal Shem Tov made Hebron his new home in the homeland.

Purchased in 1807, the neighborhood may finally be redeveloped after a controversial expulsion.

Torah scrolls were destroyed during a riot at the Tomb of the Patriarchs resulting in a rare visit by Rabin…