US, UN Officials Use ‘Puzzling’ Language Equating Tensions with Ramadan, Passover and Easter
“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.
Inscription Bearing Name of King Achashverosh’s Father Discovered in Tel Lachish
The Aramaic inscription reads “Year 24 of Darius,” dating it to 498 BCE.
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case on Sabbath Observance
The appellant, a postal worker, says he was forced from his job.
Michigan Muslims Win Right to Sacrifice Goats – Somebody Tell Ben Gvir
Who knows, maybe by the time Passover arrives, the country will be ready for such a liberating event…
New Orleans’ Annual Mardi Gras Parade Dumps Mel Gibson
Should Jews even attend the Mardi Gras?
Physicians, Religious Leaders, Attend MDA Conference on Breast Milk Donation
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.
Historic First: Women Take Israeli State Exam in Jewish Religious Law
Among the subjects tested were Sabbath laws, marriage and divorce, family purity and mourning.
Interfaith Conference Brings to Haifa Muslims from Egypt, Bahrain, UAE, Morocco, Turkey
The Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies at the University of Haifa last week held its first international interfaith conference, hosting leading religious figures and...
Christian Dutch Woman Whose Parents Saved Jews Ascends the Temple Mount
She remembers how during WW2 her parents hid 22 Jews (as well as a few non-Jews).
United Hatzalah Teams Up with 2 Groups to Bring Bed-Ridden Child to the Kotel
Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, the Kotel Rabbi, came to bless Yosef Yitzchak on his birthday and gave him a Book of Psalms as a gift.
TAU, HU Scientific Breakthrough: Geomagnetic Fields Reveal Truth of Biblical Narratives
“Our location here in Israel is uniquely conducive to archaeomagnetic research, due to an abundance of well-dated archaeological findings."
Rumors: 85-Year-Old Pope Mulling Retirement
"At the moment, I don't feel that the Lord is asking this of me," Pope Francis stated.
PA to Deliver Saturday’s Matriculation Results on Friday to Shabbat Observers
The Palestinian Authority decided to honor the Samaritans’ demand and respect their Shabbat.
Jellyfish Swarm in Israel Unusually Intense as 9 B’Av Approaches
It has been established that the swarm of “meduzas” arrive on Israel’s shores around Tamuz 17 and floats away after 9 B’Av.
Report: Rabbi Eliezer Melamed Met with Conservative Leaders to Avoid Kotel Violence on 9...
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."
Arab Onlookers Laugh as Youth Swims in Temple Mount Purification Fountain
Arabs can do pretty much what they please on the Temple Mount.
When Lincoln Borrowed a Philadelphia Rabbi’s Tammuz 17 Reference for the Gettysburg Address
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.
Inquisition Documents Listing Number of Victims, Charges and Sentences Digitized by Israel’s National Library
The 18th century manuscript includes details from the first 130 years of the Portuguese Inquisition in Lisbon.
Gantz, Abbas, Celebrate Together Abraham’s Sacrifice of Ishmael
Nothing represents more bluntly the assembly of lies at the core of Islam which is aimed at denying the veracity of the Torah than Eid al-Adha.
Florida Teachers’ Training Calls Separation of Church and State a ‘Misconception’
“2,500 teachers will complete three-day civics professional development trainings by the end of July.”
It’ll Be a 6-3 Court for a While Now: High School Football Coach Wins...
Expect these exchanges between the 3 Jewish liberals and 6 Catholic conservatives to persist.
Vatican Releases Archives of Thousands of Jewish Pleas for Help in WW2
The archives contain many requests from Jewish converts to Catholicism asking the Vatican for proof of their conversion.
9th Century Luxurious Estate and Mosque Uncovered in Bedouin City of Rahat
The findings shed light on the beginnings of the historical process that took place in the northern Negev with the introduction of Islam.
Massachusetts Bishop Revokes Catholic Designation of School Hoisting Black Lives Matter, Gay Pride Flags
“We must reject racism and love those with whom we disagree, but the flag-flying goes too far.”
Yivo’s ‘Am Yisrael High’ Exhibition Claims Biblical, Talmudic Cannabis References
In interviews, Glassman repeats the claims of many Israeli stoners that the “kneh bossem” mentioned in several places in the Bible is a reference to cannabis.
Pew’s Religious Landscape Study Shows There Are US Jews and Then There Are Committed...
The less money US Jews have, the more likely they are to adhere to their religious faith.
Police Arrest 4 Jews Planning to Sacrifice Passover Offering on Temple Mount
Hamas and the Israeli Police are against Jews sacrificing the Pascal sacrifice.
Participants at Interfaith Iftar Condemn Terrorist Attacks in Israel
The event brought together a diverse group of religious leaders, as well as politicians and civil rights activists, to break bread and show interfaith solidarity during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan.
Kotel Foundation Files Police Complaint Against Women of the Wall Activists
The Foundation stated that about 10 women from the organization attacked the Western Wall security guards.
Rabbis of Efrat Respond to Municipality’s LGBT Survey
We read with shock and astonishment the survey published in Efrat, which seeks to promote public legitimacy for offenses for which modesty is appropriate to them.