Vicious Graffiti Sprayed on Home of Women of the Wall Official
Vandals spray painted the Jerusalem home of a long-time board member of the Women of the Wall (WOW) with vicious graffiti, the first time...
Rare 1,000 Yr Old Ketubah on Exhibit in Jerusalem
An extremely rare 1,000-year-old ketuba inscribed in Aramaic is now on exhibit in the National Library in Jerusalem.
Tens of Thousands Pray for Rav Ovadia at the Kotel
If you wish to mention him in your prayers, his name is Harav Chaim Ovadia Yosef ben Gorgia.
Should Israel Help Save America’s Jewish Community?
Israel has invested more than $125 million trying to bring young Jews to visit, with meager results.
Netanyahu Heats Up Mimouna Celebration
Israelis heading to Mimouna celebrations in Or Akiva saw Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah at the party Saturday night.
Sabra, Shatila Response to Sharon’s Passing Not Unlike Gush Katif’s
No one in recent memory has elicited such harsh reactions from their political enemies as General Ariel Sharon.
Bibi, Bennett, Yair Talks Breakthrough: Shas Gets Boot
Likud and Jewish Home circles say they've reached an understanding Haredi recruitment at age 21, Shas will not get Interior and Housing Portfolios.
International Crisis Group: Netanyahu Committed to Limiting Religious Jews’ Visits to Temple Mount
Those fanatical Jews could some day demand to share equally in the Temple Mount, something that could provoke nothing but Arab rage, for which the Jews would surely be blamed.
Vandals Desecrate Jewish Holy Site in Ukraine with Pig’s Head, Blood [video]
The pig’s forehead was carved with a swastika.
Police Arrest Women of the Wall Director for Torah Scroll Violation and Catch 22
The WOW email accuses Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the state-appointed administrator of the Kotel, of creating a "Catch 22" for women
Rabbi Pinto Will Be Charged with Bribing Police Officer
The good Rabbi has disappeared in recent weeks, and no one in his network of institutions knows where he is.
Rabbinical Congress for Peace Wants Netanyahu to Suspend Everybody’s Basic Rights
The government should "temporarily impose a complete censorship on radio and TV for several months."
Bill Advances to Guarantee Women on Panel to Nominate Rabbis
The absence of Haredi parties in the government is already being, and women probably will be among those nominating Israel’s next rabbinic judges and chief rabbis.
Sorry, Ivanka, Israel’s High Rabbinical Court Doesn’t Recognize Your Conversion
"I feel humiliated, they were actually saying they're not recognizing my being Jewish. I love Rabbi Lookstein, he is my rabbi, he brought me into the Jewish world."
Tom Friedman’s ‘Big Question’ Dogmatic, Condescending
Friedman, supposedly a friend of Israel, ends up waving the very same hammer over our heads as Kerry has done in Munich.
AG: Following Scandal, Rabbi Amar Is Sole Chief Rabbi
Shas officials are concerned now that the good rabbi would outmaneuver their good rabbi in picking the next chief rabbi.
Netanyahu ‘Declares War’ on Rock Throwers in Tour of Terror ‘Hot Spots’ Around Jerusalem
PM Binyamin Netanyahu: "We're changing our policy.... this stone was one stone too many. We declare war on stone throwers."
PA Mourns Failure to Take over Rachel’s Tomb as Muslim Holy Site
Jews visit Rachel’s Tomb Tuesday to pray that she cries for them. Today, the anniversary of her death, the Palestinian Authority has failed to turn it into a Muslim holy site. Chalk up one for the truth.
This Sunday Tell Kerry: We’re Keeping Samaria for the Wine
Will the secretary of State understand that the Israeli wine renaissance is taking place in the Shomron region, and therefore we're not letting it go?
Radical Haredim Riot against Construction over Alleged Tombs
Radical Haredim rioted in Jerusalem and in Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, on Monday because of construction at sites that they said contain Jewish...
Survey: Only 22% of Israeli Jews Completely Trust Supreme Court
The Knesset has maintained most of its status, but that's only because it was very low 25 years ago – 27%. Today it's down to 23%.
Female MKs Prayed with Women of the Wall, No Arrests this Time
Some 30 percent of the women were Israeli Modern Orthodox.
Court Suspends Rabbis’ Order to Require Woman to Allow Son’s Brit
Israel’s Supreme Court has suspended a Rabbinical Court (Beit Din) order that a woman in divorce proceedings allow her baby son, now one year...
Tzohar Launches Campaign to Improve Israeli Rabbinate, Rabbinic Services
Among the items that Tzohar is calling for will be to elect new rabbinical court judges who would be more open to the needs of the general public, not just the religiously observant sectors; and new guidelines for managing the marriage, divorce and conversion processes in Israel – three areas that have been particularly alienating to secular Israelis.
Security Cabinet Considers Admitting Syrian Victims of Chemical Attack
Even the Arab Joint List party, which rarely criticizes excesses by the Arab world, had called the Syrian sarin gas attack a “war crime.”
Israel Has New Government
Bibi apologized for Sara's slight and the deal is on.
Report: Leftwing Reporter Tried to Derail Religious Brigade Commander with False Accusations
Instead of trying to hide anything, the commander offered the scheming soldier help and psychological care.
Netanyahu Says His Son and Non-Jewish Girl only ‘Study Together’
The difference between Yair Netanyahu and Anthony Weiner and Hillary Clinton is that Israel is a Jewish state.
Everything You Wanted to Know About the Shabbat Train Coalition Crisis – and Weren’t...
As soon as they became public, those railroad projects turned into a ticking bomb.
Economy Ministry Figures Show Rise in Hareidi Male Employment
New Economy Ministry statistics show that 49 percent of hareidi-religious males are working at regular jobs.