Bethlehem, Holy Land - Not many people talk about it, but something quiet is happening here in the Holy Land. Christians are leaving. Families who’ve been here for generations-gone. The churches are still standing, but the people inside them? Fewer every year.
Zuluf, a small family-run Holy Land gift shop tucked between olive trees and old stone streets, is doing what it can to hold on. Not just to a business-but to a way of life, to tradition, to faith. To stay.
“People think we’re just selling wooden crosses,” one of the family members says. “But every carving we make is us holding on. Staying here. Living here.”
At the Zuluf Holy Land olive wood shop, everything is made by Christian hands, using olive branches from the very land Jesus walked. Each piece-a rosary, a cross, a nativity set-is made slow. By hand. The same way our fathers and grandfathers did it.
The truth? Selling these carvings is how Christian families here survive. It’s not charity-it’s dignity. It’s work. It’s pride. When you buy from Zuluf, you’re not just getting something sacred for your home-you’re helping someone stay in theirs.
Bethlehem isn’t just a name in the Bible. It’s still here. Still carving. Still hoping.
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Zuluf Holy Land Gift Shop And Olive Wood Factory
Email: info@zuluf.com
Phone: +972-568018888