Ronen Bar said to have ordered probe after far-right minister's office meddled in Temple Mount rules; agency first seems to ...

Step one – as epitomized by Purim – is the struggle to bring the Jews together, to unite as a loving community, albeit in a ...

Transplanted from Israel, grassroots movement Faithful Left to hold large gathering this month to create dialogue on thorny ...

Before Purim, he reminds us that we will laugh again. Tisha B’Av is, for him, an expression of faith and commitment – we got through all of the historical tragedies we mourn, and we will get ...

While the origin of fasting is unknown, it is as natural as eating, sleeping, laughing, and crying. It has been known to man and beast since the beginning of time.

asked for honey and a carrot for Rosh Hashanah and even fasted on Tisha B’Av. On Hanukkah, they asked for candles and ...

Napoleon, upon seeing Jews fast at Tisha B’Av, is said to have commented, “Any nation that still cries after 1,500 years is guaranteed to return.” But the important point is not that Jews ...

Tisha B’Av, once a day of Jewish mourning, is reborn as Palestinian Independence Day. The old names–those of Jewish kings, prophets, and sanctuaries are stripped away, overwritten with the ...

Orthodox Christian 2-3 Tisha B'Av An annual fast day in Judaism, on which a number of disasters in Jewish history occurred, primarily the destruction of both Solomon's Temple and the Second Temple in ...