12 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post
Imagine how dynamic Jewish life could be in Israel if the Chief Rabbinate were reduced to a bare minimum and the vast majority of religious services.
12 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post
Storming the Bastille of Israel's religious bureaucracy
Fundamentally Freund: One Israeli I know who defines himself as secular told me that he had to work long and hard to convince his fiance to get married by a rabbi here in Israel.
14 hrs ago | WRIC-TV Richmond
State Dept: Reports of anti-Semitism increase
The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.
20 hrs ago | Forward
'War' With Ultra-Orthodox Over Western Wall? Bring It On
My first reaction to the ugly confrontation at the Western Wall on Friday was to be appalled and sickened.
21 hrs ago | The Times of Israel
New video explores Jewish right to the Temple Mount
A new DVD on the Jewish claim to Jerusalem will feature Sir Martin Gilbert, the leading historian, who is recovering from a stroke.
Should I give charity only to Zionist causes in Israel?
Question: A very Orthodox man came to our door collecting for a school which helps special needs children in Israel.
Remember: when loyalty is blind, you can't see straight
I was standing in Auschwitz last month when news filtered through that Margaret Thatcher had died.
Awarding Good Jewish Educators
While there are many disagreements about the future of the Jewish community, the direction which it is taking and the ways that it may change, one issue seems to be agreed upon by all sides - the importance of Jewish education as a way of imparting a strong Jewish identity to the next generation.
Bennett reveals reform of religious services
Meretz MK: Bayit Yehudi in charge of religious services is just a change from a black kipa to a knitted one.
Church of Scotland Report Challenging Jews' 'Divine Right' to Palestinian Homeland Unchanged
The Church felt obliged to change some of it after Jewish leaders sought to interfere, one complaining that it was "an outrage to everything that interfaith dialogue stands for... and closes the door on meaningful dialogue". Another said "it reads like an Inquisition-era polemic against Jews and Judaism." The Israeli ambassador moaned that it ... (more)
It is fashionable among many Christians today to regard anything that is habitual to be "unspiritual." Habitualness smacks of cold religious formalism rather than the warm, spontaneous response of the human spirit to God.
Re-Emerging: The Jews of Nigeria
Yet, two centuries of Christian Colonialism prevented him and many other Igbo from exploring that connection further.
Judaism's revolutionary method for Divine connection: The concrete, not the concept
Where is your moral compass pointing? What are your social values? Hark will explore faith, morals, ethics and character at the intersection of religion ethics, culture, politics, media, science, education, economics and philosophy.
I'm a skeptical person. So I was apprehensive when Yesh Atid won 19 mandates in the Israeli parliament this January.
Retirees Prepare For Bat Mitzvah
A group of Jewish women in their senior years will celebrate a childhood rite of passage today.
There was this Israeli man who from time to time put a slip of paper in the cracks between the stones of the Western Wall, asking God for favors - as Jews have been doing for centuries.
Jewish school in Oak Park trains future rabbis
On a recent Friday afternoon, Rod Brown stood amid the racks of cotton shirts and shiny shoes at his shop on Northwestern Highway, murmuring prayers in Hebrew while leather straps encircled his arm.
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men rally against army service
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews participate at a May 16, 2013 rally to oppose the government's plan to start drafting yeshiva students into military and national service.
01:00Police question Utj MK Litzman suspected of fraud
United Torah Judaism Ya'akov Litzman was questioned with a warning by police on Thursday in suspicion of fraud, Army Radio reported.
In this week's Torah reading we read about a unique observance: The rule of the Nazirite.