Jewish Religion

New excavation by a Christian team uncovers intriguing finds at the site where Bible says the tabernacle and Ark rested for almost 400 years By Amanda Borschel-Dan SHILOH, West Bank — The twisted ram’s horn shofar sounded loudly through the hills at Shiloh, signaling the end to another day’s search for the biblical holy tabernacle.

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Many years ago British police apprehended an aspiring terrorist who had on him a list of prominent Jews assumed to be potential targets for assassination. Rumor had it that some Jewish leaders were very upset when they found out that they weren’t on the list. Were they not considered

Lashing out at agency, Netanyahu says Jewish connection to city’s Tomb of the Patriarchs possibly without parallel in human history By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) attends the weekly cabinet meeting on July 9, 2017. (Ohad Zweigenberg/Flash90) Raging over a decision by a UN body to declare Hebron’s Tomb of the

A growing movement is pressing to restore the right of Jews to pray at the sight of the biblical Jewish temples, currently barred by Israel By Andrew Tobin Liberal American Jews are feeling thwarted in their years-long campaign for the right to pray as they wish at the Western Wall. Long frustrated that the plaza

Interior minister says conversion bill was designed to prevent efforts to fast-track citizenship, which he claims Israel’s Reform leader supports; Gilad Kariv slams ‘shameful lies’ By Marissa Newman Shas party leader Aryeh Deri leads a Shas faction meeting at the Knesset on July 3, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Interior Minister Aryeh Deri on Monday attacked Israeli

The Supreme Court has ruled that making a woman immerse under supervision is an invasion of privacy, so why must they fill out ‘permission slips’ to dip? By Yaakov Schwartz Lea was standing in only a towel when the ritual bath attendant barred the 32-year-old’s way, saying she must fill out a waiver before entering