Tag: Holy Temples

This is not the first time terrorist weapons have been stockpiled in the mosque for use on the Temple Mount against police and Jews visiting the holy site.

Monday evening marked the start of the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tamuz, -- the destruction of Jerusalem and both First and Second Holy Temples.

"No one should teach young boys and girls to hate and to kill... A hopeful future for children in the Middle East requires the world to fully recognize the vital role of the State of Israel."

Ramallah is encouraged by Obama’s implicit policy that Jews in eastern Jerusalem are “illegitimate.”

Israelis not only live where the world says they are forbidden but also teach Torah as a Light unto the Nations.

The land of Israel's holiness features four cities that are singled out as exceptionally holy, and which are imbued with special qualities. I have had the good fortune to visit all four - Hebron, Jerusalem, Tiberias and Safed - if only for a short time. Each of these cities is associated with a particular kind of holiness, corresponding to the four basic elements: Jerusalem - fire; Hebron - earth; Tiberias - water; and, my favorite, Safed - air.

Jews globally are commemorating the Three Weeks of Mourning period that began with last Sunday's 17th Day of Tammuz fast and culminates with the Fast of Tisha B'Av.