Judaism

Rabbi Kanievsky may be the most "Zionist" of the great Haredi rabbis.

If the Women of the Wall want equality with men, why don’t they try to perform the Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall? Do tribal distinctions contradict “equality?” If so, who needs a Reform "rabbi?"

The IDF is nothing if not innovative. For soldiers who are on the front lines during the Yom Kippur Fast, the army suggests they suck on popsicles to keep their strength without violating to laws of the fast.

"The people who do not observe the Shabbat played out the first act claiming there was violence, and there really wasn't. "

The terrorist who killed two people in Copenhagen this weekend has been identified as Omar el-Hussein.

Campaigning against ritual slaughter on the grounds of “animal rights’ is a popular tactic to make lives difficult for Jews and Muslims. Take Poland, for example.

An elderly French Jew was among the dead in Wednesday's terror attack in Paris.

A railroad official argued the Jewish outreach stands found at numerous transportation stations are "illegal" and must be removed.

Hanukkah seems to be politically correct this year. So is the African American holiday Kwanzaa, both of which were honored with new US postage stamps. The Christians struck out this year – and are angry.

Nissim's appointment is part of the Netanyahu government's fulfillment of its commitment to the High Court of Justice to promote a more "egalitarian" conversions law which would enjoy broad support from Israelis.

Germany's newest kosher supermarket ignores the EU's labeling orders and imports products from Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights.

Rabbi Teichtel of Berlin is urging all European rabbis to be proactive in trying to hold the European Union together, for the safety of Europe's Jews.

Prosecutor Alberto Nisman drafted a warrant to arrest Pres. Fernandez before his death.

The hospital has gone out of its way to attract Orthodox Jewish patients and make them feel comfortable during their stay.

The Vatican has confirmed it has no plans to attempt a sovereignty grab at King David’s tomb, for now.

This Friday, millions of Jews in 340 cities around the world will be 'keeping it together.' The 7th day. Shabbat.

Jews once thrived in the Shiloach area of old Jerusalem, known also as Silwan. Arabs and British came and drove them out. Now, they have returned.

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has made an exciting announcement: A 2,000-year-old podium may have been found in the City of David section of...

You may not know it, but my name is mud in Turkey, and it's all because I insist on writing my opinion. It's a curse.

The recorded judges expressed their fear of standing up openly to Rabbi Yosef, but even more so standing up to his close associate David Amar (Shas), who can make and break their careers.

The Western Wall Rabbi told Haredi girls to – in effect – let the Women of the Wall pray as they wish. An analogy to “let sleeping dogs lie” would be taken the wrong way.

“You are young men and women who overcome obstacles. I would even say that each one of you is a hero!”

In the Netherlands, tourists have made a new 'game' out of the attempt by Anne Frank's family to hide from Nazis.

Jeffrtey Goldberg noted that “Rabbi Steinlauf has just discovered the most dramatic possible way to break the Yom Kippur fast.”

"In the past 19 years, more Jews have converted to Christianity than in the 1,900 years before that," the missionaries claimed.

The Satmar Rebbe made headlines back then when he gave his flock one month to get rid of their smartphones or find a new rebbe.

The hook that finally got me to Ukraine was a conference about antisemitism. Yes, it is ironic, and maybe bold: a conference about antisemitism in Ukraine.

Facebook penalized the target of anti-Semitism rather than the perpetrator, when a complaint was filed.

Senior Jewish Agency officials are saying Sharansky is livid over the government's decision to cancel the Kotel plan.

“To be here for Passover in Israel is a very special moment for me," says US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.