The Nativity scene shows baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh and placed in a rubble to show solidarity with the people of Gaza on Dec. 24, 2023 in the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in ...

In a controversial take on the classic nativity scene, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus’s traditional blanket with a keffiyeh — a symbol of pro-Palestine activism.

A typical baby Jesus of this period reaches out to the world with arms outstretched, chubby faced and lying on gold-plated straw. In Adoration of the Shepherds by Charles Le Brun, c.1689, the baby ...