Jerusalem – Women of the Wall prayer rights group staged a priestly blessing in the women’s section of the Western Wall on Monday, despite a ruling by the attorney-general last month in which he refused to allow a similar blessing service during Passover.
Jerusalem – Israel is marking its annual Holocaust remembrance day, in memory of the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators.
After a six-hour session, the committee for appointing dayanim (religious court judges) managed to reach an agreement on only one dayan out of the seven it is supposed to appoint.
NEW YORK – Advocates for sexual abuse victims in the Orthodox Jewish community will be descending on New York’s state capital on May 3 to lobby the legislature to eliminate the statute of limitations for child sex abuse offenses.
WASHINGTON — Driven to desperation by what he said have been the White House’s failures, Robert Levinson’s son traveled to Iran to seek information on his father’s whereabouts.
The Romanian government has instructed state universities to allow Jewish students to miss exams and classes on Shabbat and Jewish holidays, the European Jewish Association (EJA) announced Sunday, following concerted efforts by director Rabbi Menachem Margolin.
New Rochelle, NY – Authorities say more than a dozen family members celebrating Passover were hospitalized for carbon monoxide exposure over the weekend.
Two Indian-born Jewish brothers were named Sunday as the richest people in Britain.
The Hamptons’ “rabbi to the stars,” Marc Schneier, really loves thy neighbor a little too much.
Twice a year, during the Pesach and Sukkot holidays, tens of thousands of Jews gather in the Old City of Jerusalem for the mass Birkat Kohanim (“Priestly Blessing”) ceremony at the Kotel.
