Judaism

A heat wave is expected in the region just as rabbis light the first of 25 hours' worth of bonfires on Mount Meron for Lag B'Omer.

In its deeper meaning, the day represents a second chance achieved through the power of teshuva – repentance, or “return.”

"Therefore, in principle, it can be said that if a legislation has been enacted that denies an abortion in any situation, at any stage of gestation, it is not the accepted halachic practice regarding abortion."

The space will serve various community needs and function as a medical rehabilitation center.

Genomics and Biomedical Informatics (GaBI), Physics, and Jewish Art.

The cause of the Election Day blaze is not yet clear.

Our halacha is not more concerned with whether or not to ordain an "openly gay" man as rabbi than it is with an "openly thieving" man, or "openly driving on Shabbat" man, or "openly eating pork" man – you get the point.

With the help of the Jerusalem Police Department, the husband was apprehended and placed in detention . . .[then] brought before the rabbinical court.

The Rebbe, zt'l was known for the thousands of niggunim he composed.

The Rabbinical Center of Europe (RCE) hosted 120 boys and girls from across Europe, in Israel, to help them get in touch with their Jewish roots and heritage.

The 'Substantially Equivalent' law demands well beyond what any Yeshiva can provide without seriously impairing its ability to provide Torah studies.

The course was produced as part of an innovative program of the Council for Higher Education (CHE) together with Digital Israel . . . to make Israeli academia accessible to the interested public around the world.

“There is no permission for foreigners or for Jews to enter there, even if we cannot at present prevent foreigners' entry."

The ruling is sure to alter the lifestyle of many religious smokers.

During his inspection tour, Rabbi Shnerb noticed two suspicious individuals hiding on the slope below the post.

Jewish women seeking ritual pool services have thus far had to travel quite a distance, to China or Japan, to use a mikvah for family purity.

A Jerusalem panel of rabbinical judges headed by Rabbi Uriel Lavi ordered the Egged bus cooperative to fire the husband within 30 days.

On Friday night, March 1, 2019, hundreds of synagogues across North America will take part in a a celebration of the thing that unifies...

Shiva is to take place at 29 Revadim in the Arnona neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Former MK Dov Lipman: "I am in shock. . . A heart that gave and gave and gave stopped working."

“The reality is that victims of terror are, sadly, in their own category. We are forced to approach these events differently."

"Two problems arise in the wearing of trousers by women: the prohibition against women wearing men's cloths, and a lack of modesty."

"Is that what you call integration of Torah and academia?"

“Jews in Bulgaria are proud members of society, and their security must be of utmost importance and concern."

“Farmers are today’s pioneers, and Israel’s agricultural produce is among the best in the world.”

As Rabbi Bender puts it, the miraculous growth of Jewish schools in America is not a result of the growth of the Jewish community, but its cause.

Since its foundation in 2015, the ESJF has rescued and protected over 120 Jewish cemeteries in seven Central and Eastern European countries.

Rabbi Stern wrote that the obligation for freeing imprisoned Jews also applies to Arabs who were jailed for selling land to Jews.

Two adults were examined by emergency medical personnel for mild symptoms, but reportedly refused to go to a hospital.

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