Judaism

The Babylonians and Romans destroyed the Holy Temples long ago. Since 1967, the site of the ruins returned to Jews, but Muslims have de facto rule. Police barred Jewish entry on Tisha B’Av and now face a lawsuit

An unusually large number of Jews plan to ascend the Temple Mount on Monday to mark the 850 years since the Rambam (Moses Maimonides)...

Jerusalem Sober House launches an English-language early intervention project.

Many Jewish women suffer as “agunahs,” unable to re-marry because their husbands refuse them divorces. Four Jews, two of them rabbis, allegedly took the law into their hands and beat husbands until they agreed.

'We could not save anything. Not Torah scrolls, nor holy books, they were all burned down. All we have to do is look into our actions and repent.'

A mother in Israel has appealed to the country’s Supreme Court a rabbinical court ruling requiring her to circumcise her son. In her appeal filed...

British anti-Semitism was on full display this week with anti-Israel event co-sponsored by the House of Lords.

Viewers will be able to post real time questions and comments which will be moderated by the OU Women’s Initiative.

The attacker admitted that with the stabbing he was targeting the entire Jewish community in the town.

Efrat Chief Rabbi Shlomo Riskin plans appeal to Supreme Court over fight to stay in his position; city's mayor also vows support.

The OU respects the process which led to the Obergefell decision, but prays religious liberty won't be sacrificed.

Israel goes back to Standard time, known as “winter” time, at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, leaving only a six-hour and nine-hour difference from the...

It's been 41 years since Yoni Netanyahu was laid to rest after leading the effort that saved 102 of 106 hostages in Entebbe.

Under Turner's law, a family can request an expedited death certificate for religious reasons when it plans to bury the deceased in another country.

All things considered, we could be watching the arrival of our redeemer, God willing, right on YouTube.

"I love cooking. It's creative, artistic; I love surprising myself with new capabilities. I love feeding people."

The Cairo Genizah International Project of the Haifa, Oxford, Princeton and Pennsylvania universities presents one of the ancient haggadahs discovered so far, opening a window to Medieval Passover customs.

At issue is the agreement with the city of Bnei Brak that prohibits digging and other work on the Light Rail tracks during the Sabbath and on Yom Kippur.

“It’s important to know how to integrate the safety of the Jewish nation and her spirituality."

Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Leibowitz, rosh yeshiva of Ponovezh in Bnei Brak, is hospitalized at Sheba Medical Center.

The remains of two firebombs were later found in the building.

The statement from Ramaz said, “Our question was: ‘Is this the appropriate program?’”

President Reuven Rivlin is set to inaugurate the Jewish Museum of Warsaw when he travels to Poland in October.

Nahum of Elqosh predicted the fall of the Assyrian Empire and its capital Nineveh.

One judge wondered how meat could be considered kosher, if the employees of the kosher slaughtering firm "just passed on the cows."

The World Trade Center sparkled with blue and white lights in memory of Elie Wiesel, a strong advocate for Israel.

Chabad of Mumbai Jewish center reopens Nariman House on Tuesday, August 26, in an emotional celebration of past and future.

An Israeli Arab MK tells a radio interviewer the two Jewish Holy Temples in Jerusalem did not exist.

Eight more Jews have been added to the list of those ejected from the grounds of the Temple Mount this Passover.

The yahrzeit will begin tonight, Monday, the 21st of Adar, March 13, and continues until Tuesday at dusk.