Hebron Jewish Community
Jewish worshipers pray inside the grand hall of the Tomb of the Patriarchs (Ma'arat HaMachpela), normally inaccessible to Jews, except for ten days in the year, at the end of the Haye Sarah Shabbat. Thousands of Jews, and a large number of settlers, come to Hebron for the Haye Sarah during which the story of Abraham purchasing the land and cave on which stands the Tomb of the Patriarchs is read. Some six hundred Jews live in the heart of Hebron's old city surrounded by over 160,000 Palestinian inhabitants..Hebron, Israel. 03/11/2007.Photo © J.B. Russell/Blue Press
