Religion

“The decision was wrong and reeks of discrimination,” the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies stated of the initial ban.

Churchill witnessed a fervent zeal in the Muslims' approach to warfare.

NYC mosques will be allowed to use external loudspeakers on Friday afternoons and every evening of Ramadan to call for prayers.

What was a Catholic man with a rather shady past doing in a synagogue, reading aloud the Blessing for the wellbeing of the country?

“This decision is a victory for all religious schools in the state of New Jersey, but it is especially important for Orthodox Jews,” stated Eric Rassbach of the nonprofit firm Becket.

The separate swimming times will be during hours the parks have previously been closed to all visitors.

Attitudes in Europe, and in Sweden and Denmark in particular, have challenged basic respect for the religious beliefs of other and common decency in general.

The ancient synagogues tell the Jewish story spanning thousands of years.

“I want to show that we have to respect each other, we live in the same society. If I burn the Torah, another the Bible, another the Quran, there will be war here."

In 1863, the day of Shabbat, July 4, Independence Day, fell on the first day of the three weeks, Tammuz 17, but because it was Shabbat, as is the case this year, 2019, the fast was pushed off to Sunday.

The high court unanimously ruled in favor of a religious postman who sought to arrange his schedule so he didn’t have to work on his Sabbath.

Khamenei said that parties opposing Iran’s nuclear activities are untruthful when it comes to abiding by their promises.

Right or wrong, Im Tirtzu imitated all the nasty things the left has been doing to us.

Israel is an anomaly in the data with almost an even split between those who say belief in God is and isn’t a prerequisite for morality.

Bar-Ilan U. Prof. Zohar Amar discovered ancient eggs were smaller than previously believed.

“With this statement, the State Department has effectively given Palestinian groups a green light to attack Israel,” Jonathan Schanzer, of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told JNS.

The Aramaic inscription reads “Year 24 of Darius,” dating it to 498 BCE.

The appellant, a postal worker, says he was forced from his job.

Who knows, maybe by the time Passover arrives, the country will be ready for such a liberating event…

Should Jews even attend the Mardi Gras?

The head of the Islamic court said children who receive milk from the same mother would be considered siblings and may not marry each other.

Among the subjects tested were Sabbath laws, marriage and divorce, family purity and mourning.

The Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies at the University of Haifa last week held its first international interfaith conference, hosting leading religious figures and...

She remembers how during WW2 her parents hid 22 Jews (as well as a few non-Jews).

Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, the Kotel Rabbi, came to bless Yosef Yitzchak on his birthday and gave him a Book of Psalms as a gift.

“Our location here in Israel is uniquely conducive to archaeomagnetic research, due to an abundance of well-dated archaeological findings."

"At the moment, I don't feel that the Lord is asking this of me," Pope Francis stated.

The Palestinian Authority decided to honor the Samaritans’ demand and respect their Shabbat.

It has been established that the swarm of “meduzas” arrive on Israel’s shores around Tamuz 17 and floats away after 9 B’Av.

Rabbi Melamed said that if more people wish to pray in a mixed group, “the authorities will increase and expand the Ezrat Israel section for them as needed."