DEGANYA, Israel — At a baptismal site on the Jordan River just south of the Sea of Galilee, pilgrims kneel in the water as a priest intones a blessing, a high point of their visit to the Holy Land. A ...
The Health and Environmental Protection Ministries advised against entering the water at several points due to a high level of bacterial contamination.
Environmentalists and Israeli officials clash over River Jordan pollution. JERUSALEM, July 29,2010 -- Qasr Al-Yahud is one of the most popular baptismal sites on the River Jordan. But it has found ...
MILLCREEK — A raft of ducks floated down the Jordan River on a warm spring day as Millcreek Mayor Jeff Silvestrini described the importance of the body of water that flows through the city's ...