Judaism

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky expresses his firm support for Efrat Chief Rabbi Shlomo Riskin.

A useful clause intended to assist police in an emergency has been turned by police and the prosecution into a de facto legislation favoring Muslim worshipers over Jewish

Sometimes the best way to honor and hold the memory of a departed soul is through building or planting new life. And so it was at Oz veGaon.

"The goal of attacks and acts like this is to instill fear and I will not give in to that fear," the rabbi emphasized in his Facebook post.

Israel's Chief Rabbinate says it is working on new ways to lower kashrut costs, especially in the dairy industry.

"Just as the more income tax you pay, the more profit you made, likewise, the more wine you pour out, the more wine you made."

“The contemptible decision of UNESCO ... emphasizes and reinforces the need and importance of being here,” said coalition chairman David Bitan.

This halachic pronouncement carries significant implications for the families of the victims.

A 22-year-old Israeli murder victim was expected at the Berlin Chabad Passover seder, but never showed up.

The Women of the Wall still have an uphill fight ahead of themselves.

Israeli, Lithuanian and American researchers have tracked down the remains of the Great Synagogue of Vilna.

The post-Birthright 'Northern Exposure' has won an expansion grant from the US-based Jim Joseph Foundation.

Three generations of the Günzburg family amassed one of the largest private collections of Hebrew books and manuscripts in Europe.

The British were on the way out and the Jordanians on the way in. The chief rabbi wrote a letter...

There is nothing worse for Jews than a good looking and do-good non-Jewish woman doctor who sees the world through her stethoscope and thinks Jews are ignorant of health because they circumcise babies.

A Jewish bride has been arrested at the Temple Mount on her wedding day.

The person behind the declaration initiative is Rabbi Avraham Steinberg of Israel who proposed the idea to Pope Francis, who in turn entrusted it to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life.

This is the first flask of ritually pure olive oil made in 2000 years.

Another New York City man has pleaded guilty to being part of a group of men who used violent means in exchange for pay...

Australian Professor Norman Rosenbaum visits the scene of his brother's murder in Brooklyn 25 years later, denouncing violence with bereaved father Carmel Cato.

"It is forbidden to provide a livelihood to the villains of Gaza at the expense of the farmers who suffer from their persecution."

Local police in the southern Israeli city of Sderot came to spend Chanukah with seniors this week, singing and sharing sufganiyot together.

Jews in the diaspora wait 60 days, until December 5 or 6, depending on whether February has 28 or 29 days, to begin their own appeal for rain.

"We are committed to doing everything in our power to strengthen the Israeli presence in Judea and Samaria," said Rabbi Ben Dahan.

More than 5,200 Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis and communal leaders sat down to exchange news at this year's international emissaries' conference in NYC.

The Jewish community in Lebanon has officially denounced the State of Israel as the country's sole synagogue prepares to reopen in Beirut.

"Knowing that so many others were doing it with me created a sense of excitement and encouraged me to continue until the finish line.”

The departure of the head of the Kosher Law Enforcement Division of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has created a...

A rock avalanche close to Sodom has caused a salt cave to collapse near Lot's Wife. A family barely made it out in time.

The public is asked to please pray for the full recovery and good health of Elisha ben Bella Bertha.