BRAINTREE -- "If you're waiting for peace in the Middle East before you visit, you'll be waiting a long time."

Fadi, an Israeli tour guide who leads pilgrims on visits to the Holy Land, had that advice for those who embarked on the Seven Miles From Jerusalem pilgrimage from May 28 to June 11. Since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing conflict, Fadi has gotten very little work...

WALTHAM -- Father Michael Nolan was preparing to lead a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in the spring of 2020, until the coronavirus pandemic forced him to change his plans. But after waiting for almost three years, this January he was able to take a group of young adults to Israel and Italy through his nonprofit, Seven Miles From Jerusalem...