Knesset Advances Bill That Would Outlaw Egalitarian Prayer at the Western Wall – Haaretz
Knesset Advances Bill That Would Outlaw Egalitarian Prayer at the Western Wall HaaretzProgressive Jewish groups decry Western Wall bill…
Ramadan’s first Friday prayers are held at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque | World News
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered under heavy Israeli restrictions at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa…
Grapevine: Ancient minority | The Jerusalem Post
The Samaritans are always a source of fascination, mainly because they have not succumbed to modernity in their…
Beyond Zionism: After Gaza, the American Jewish Left Rethinks Jewish Identity
A recent survey by the Jewish Federations of North America found that only one third of American Jews…
Israel’s society fracturing from irreconcilable differences
Earlier this week, while 2,500 miles away in the UK, I read about a horrific event unfolding –…
Beyond Zionism: After Gaza, the American Jewish Left Rethinks Jewish Identity
A recent survey by the Jewish Federations of North America found that only one third of American Jews…
Police extend arrest of ultra-Orthodox rioters
The suspects’ arrests were extended until Wednesday, and one additional suspect, aged 12, was granted conditional release, the…
Herzl’s vision and Israel’s challenges today
February 14 marks 130 years since the publication of Theodor Herzl’s Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State). Published in…
Abbas publishes Palestinian Authority draft constitution
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ordered the publication of the draft constitution for a Palestinian state earlier this…
Israeli voters deserve politicians they can trust
Our lives would be very different if there were a direct link between voters and those they elect.…
Inside Jerusalem’s Ethiopian community | The Jerusalem Post
You can’t really understand Jerusalem without understanding its Ethiopians. Not the postcard version, not the surface-level “diversity” narrative…
Photos of Hasidic Jews celebrating the ‘New Year of Trees’ in Israel | World News
NETANYA, Israel (AP) — Ultra-Orthodox Jews from the Sanz Hasidic dynasty celebrated the Jewish holiday of Tu BiShvat,…