In the debate over Western Wall prayer, the traditional case deserves a hearing.

The bill, if approved, threatens to further strain relations between Israel and the Reform movement, the largest stream of ...

The power of prayer is not to be underestimated. And if you think it is about asking God for something, read on ...

Almost immediately after the horrific Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023, most Orthodox Jewish congregations began the practice of saying additional Tehillim (Psalms), usually chapters 121 and 130, after ...

(56 to 47) in favor of a preliminary reading of a bill in the Knesset, introduced by Knesset member Avi Maoz, who is part of the far-right Noam party. The bill, which would imprison anyone for up to ...

Diaspora leaders warn criminalizing non-Orthodox prayer at the Wall will exclude many from Judaism's holiest site, violate World Zionist Organization resolutions The post Progressive Jews sound alarm ...

(RNS) — ‘It literally criminalizes non-Orthodox prayer,’ said Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism in the U.S. JERUSALEM (RNS) — The Israeli parliament’s decision to introduce ...

Daniel Gammerman sits on his apartment balcony overlooking the Brickell neighborhood as he reads from his prayer book. Gammerman has struggled to find an Orthodox synagogue that will accept him as an ...

Praying for success in the war against Hamas, for the return of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and in memory of those murdered in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, at a special prayer service at ...