Apr 30th, 2008 at 10:00AM: This week, Big in Japan is on vacation in the Middle East, and will be bringing you travel news and happenings from around this often misunderstood region. Few places in the world can rest on their laurels quite like Jerusalem, the Holy City of the Promised Land that is home to some of the most sacred sites in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Not unlike that really, really hot girl you bump into ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Big in Israel: Why Jerusalem is holier than thou
Apr 30th, 2008 at 10:00AM: This week, Big in Japan is on vacation in the Middle East, and will be bringing you travel news and happenings from around this often misunderstood region. Few places in the world can rest on their laurels quite like Jerusalem, the Holy City of the Promised Land that is home to some of the most sacred sites in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Not unlike that really, really hot girl you bump into ...Photo of the Day (11/14/07)
Nov 14th, 2007 at 1:00PM:
This shot of Jerusalem by Jordan Chark sums up time in a way. Here's humanity's experience in one vista. The skyscrapers and the crane in the distance--all still forging ahead with the new. And, in the center, one of the holiest places in the world resides. Even in the sea of change, there are places that stay firmly in place. The tones of the photo have a certain flatness which heightens the ...Holy Ethiopian City Harar Hopes to Become Tourist Hub
Sep 28th, 2007 at 10:18AM: I've never heard of Harar, Ethiopia, but maybe I should have because it's the fourth holiest city in Islam, behind Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. More importantly, it's possibly the birthplace of coffee. Last year, the city was named a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the regional government is hoping to attract hordes of tourists soon. But the town has some work to do; currently, Harar has only a ...Jesus' Bones Tour
Feb 28th, 2007 at 11:24AM: If you missed the press conference at the New York Public Library, where filmmaker James Cameron announced his new Discovery Channel movie, you might want to read up and do a little digging yourself.
If you hadn't heard the hype, Cameron's movie The Lost Tomb of Jesus, airs this Sunday. In it, he apparently argues that a couple of caskets, ossuaries actually, once contained the bones of Jesus and ...
