Divine Rage? Kotel Stone Falls on Reform Prayer Platform [Video]
To calculate the erosion in the different kinds of limestone that make up the Western Wall, in 2014 researchers from Hebrew University used a laser scan to create an accurate three-dimensional computer model.
Millionaire Pays $50,000 to Jewish Families Relocating to Alabama Town
Jewish decline is most pronounced in the South, where 37% of Americans reside, but only 23% of American Jews.
A Thousand Demonstrators in Front of Netanyahu’s Residence over Kotel Dispute
Alas, this dispute is not over a connection to God but over political turf, both regarding the Kotel and the conversions.
Marking Holocaust Day, A New Jewish Prayerbook with German Translation is Published in Berlin...
For the first time in more than a century a one-volume complete Orthodox prayer book is printed in Germany with all daily and holiday prayers in modern German translation.
Canadian Greens Expel Holocaust Denier Monika Schaefer [video]
She denounced “the 6-million lie” and recommended the writings of Ernst Zündel, a German Holocaust denier who had been deported from Canada in 2005.
X-Factor Judge to Visit Israel and May Choose to Be a Jew
The expected birth of a boy to Jewess Lauren Silverman and her Roman Catholic boyfriend and X-Factor Judge Simon Cowell has prompted him to...
Cops Shot in Ferguson, Missouri: Racism Heating Up America
The racism that has simmered so long under America's polite society is again beginning to rise to the surface, and as usual is also affecting Jews.
WOW Announce Next Kotel Battle: Priestess Blessings
This is such a cultural fruit salad, with lady priests, Vulcans and the Kotel…
Hundreds of Israeli Ethiopians Protest in Tel Aviv, Block Ayalon Highway
Hundreds of Israeli Ethiopians continued protests in Tel Aviv on Sunday, blocking traffic on the Ayalon Highway and elsewhere in the city.
Claims Conference Survey: Most Americans Believe a Holocaust Could Happen Again
Young people are more likely to believe that the number of Jews murdered during the Holocaust is exaggerated.
Ethics Committee Reprimands Haredi MK over WOW Remarks
MK Meir Porush stated that if "Women of the Wall” would refrain from eating non-Kosher food, he would apologize to them.
How Little Must One Know to Be Fired from a Reform Temple?
She became a rabbinic associate in 2008 at the temple, then agreed to enroll in a distance learning-program, but didn't.
Promoter of ‘Israeli Apartheid’ Attacks, Betty McCollum is New Chair of Defense Appropriations
"Now my goal with HR 4391 is ... to force policymakers to think about the 3.8 billion dollars in U.S. aid to Israel and how that helps ... the repression of the Palestinian people."
Jewish Agency Governors: Why Can’t Israelis Be More Like Us?
Why do you think you became the board of governors of the Jewish Agency? To make the Jewish State in your image? No, people, your job is to either to lead by example and settle in Israel, or to help other Jews live in Israel. It is not to preach to Israel.
Shmuley Boteach to Debate Jew for Yoshka on ‘New Testament’ Anti-Semitism
It's probably safe to say that the August 8 debate will not result in much burning, but the Talmud discourages a voluntary religious debate with gentiles.
New Orleans Hebrews Swept in Ol’ Mardi Gras Shabbat Excitement
We have no idea how one can maintain the two warring notions of 'Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans' and 'avoiding immodesty' in the same sentence
Far Rockaway Yeshiva Dean Questions State Core Curriculum Imposing Dance
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.
AG: Bill Pushing Reform Out of Mikvahs Unconstitutional
The AG says the billviolates the core of the right to religious freedom and the right to equality.
‘Open Orthodox’ Rabbi Alters Shabbat Prayer for the President to Omit Trump
So we searched the text of this socially conscious, alternative prayer, and discovered it has no mention of three words: "Jews," "Jewish," and "Israel."
Tzohar Rabbinic Group Focuses on Anglo Immigrant ‘Fit’
The Tzohar rabbinic organization is focusing on how Anglo immigrants "fit" into Israel's mosaic this summer.
Berlin 2015: Jewish Magazines Now Arrive in Plain Paper for Safety
In Berlin 2015, a major Jewish monthly magazine is now delivered in plain wrapping paper -- to minimize the chance of attack.
WJC’s Lauder Leads Annual ‘March of Life’ in Hungary to Mark Holocaust
WJC's Ronald Lauder warned of the rise of Hungary's anti-Semitic Jobbik party as he led the 'March of Life' with Hungarian Jews.
Jewish Agency for Israel Calls for Special Diaspora Conversion Courts
The Jewish Agency is calling for establishment of special Diaspora conversion courts.
Religious Zionist ‘ Tzohar’ Group Launches ‘Listening Together for Shofar’
The 'Tzohar' organization is launching a new project to encourage secular Jews to 'listen together' to shofar blowing on Rosh Hashana.
New Zealand Anti-Semite Attacks Jewish Toddler
In New Zealand a Jewish toddler wearing a yarmulka is attacked; the adults consider teaching their young to hide their identity.
Jewish-Arab Jerusalem School Arsonists Sent to Prison
Two of the three arsonists who torched an integrated Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem were fined and sentenced to prison.
Survey: Only 46% of Next Generation National Religious Israelis Keep the Faith
Meanwhile, the proportion of students attending ultra-Orthodox schools has increased by about 300% since 1992.
GW Bush Event Disappears from Messianic Website
A group that seeks to convert Jews to Christianity removed from its website references to a scheduled fundraiser appearance by George W. Bush, though...
Venice Jews Mark 500th Anniversary of World’s First Ghetto
Venetian Jews say the 500th anniversary of the world's first ghetto may present a lesson for new Muslim refugees.
Mike Huckabee: How Can a Democrat Support Obama as ‘Pro-Israel?’
Mike Huckabee doesn’t understand why Jews support Obama as “pro-Israel” because he doesn’t understand the psyche of a liberal American Jewish Democrat.