It was Friday night, and I sat at a table next to a lovely young woman. Her name is Emma, but the name she took after converting, a year ago, is Halleli, meaning “Praise God” as a command. It comes ...

JERUSALEM -- Intel Corp. said it has no plans to close a factory in Jerusalem on Saturdays, despite violent protests by ultra-Orthodox Jews who accuse the chip maker of desecrating the Jewish Sabbath.

“Just as Shabbat has kept the Jews throughout the generations, Shabbat has also kept us.” A 28-year-old man who left Chicago three years ago to make Israel his home, is, therefore, turning to Shabbat ...

On February 21, 2025, a few hours before Omer Shem Tov was set to be released after some 500 days in captivity in Gaza, his mother Shelly shared a clip on her Facebook page featuring some moments of a ...

(JTA) — JERUSALEM — When the Tel Aviv light rail opened in the summer of 2023, it shaved travel time from the city’s southern neighborhoods to the haredi Orthodox city of Bnei Brak to just 20 minutes.

* Religious players protest matches held on Jewish Sabbath * Soccer games have been held on Saturdays for decades JERUSALEM, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Israeli soccer matches on Saturday, long a national ...

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Alana Levitt, Director, The Molly Steinsapir Early Childhood Center & Parenting Center and Rabbi Daniel Sher welcome KI families back to Tot Shabbat. It is a miracle. Kehillat Israel, a ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Jerusalem's heaviest snow for 50 years forced Israeli authorities to lift a Jewish sabbath public transport ban on Saturday and allow trains out of the city where highways were ...

One person was moderately injured in the fire, with the rest being reported as lightly injured. All were rushed to a nearby ...

In “Sabbath Queen,” director Sandi DuBowski chronicles the journey of Israel-born drag queen and rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, the heir of 38 generations of Orthodox rabbis. Filmed over 21 years, the ...