Jewish Religion

By Stuart Winer Reform Jews clashed with ultra-Orthodox worshipers and security personnel at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Thursday, after attempting to pray at the site in celebration of newly ordained male and female rabbis. While members of the group, who fought security guards as they entered the Western Wall plaza with Torah scrolls, claimed […]

More than 70 years after World War II ended, 45 Holocaust survivors in Israel finally got a chance to celebrate their bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies for the first time yesterday, Monday morning, at the Western Wall, Judaism”s holiest site. The survivors reached bar or bat mitzvah age during the war or immediately afterwards, but

35,000 Jews spent Shabbat (Sabbath) in Hevron, commemorating the Torah reading this Sabbath which relates how the Patriarch Avraham bought Me’arat Hamachpela (the Cave of the Patriarchs) from Ephron the Hittite for 400 coins. The streets of Kiryat Arba and Hevron filled with tents and portable caravans, and over 3,000 Jews enjoyed Shabbat meals at

Chuck Davidson Over the last number of years, the involvement of American Jewry in Israel has been hotly debated in the halls of a number of Israeli institutions, from the Knesset to a wide range of non-profit organizations. Indeed, many Israelis attempt to shut down the voices of American Jewry by claiming, “we serve in

By Jessica Steinberg Jews are often known as the People of the Book, and now “Eretz Nehederet,” Keshet’s satire news show poking fun at anything Israeli, is taking on the Bible. Yes, that book. Comedian Shani Cohen is Sivan Rahav-Meir, a religious writer and speaker who is dressed modestly, with a wig and hairband. She