Jerusalem
Signs invited Jews to visit the Temple Mount. Why Israel’s chief rabbi forbade them.
By Avi Shafran — December 20, 2022
(RNS) — Jewish nationalists bent on affirming the Jewish connection to the Mount have increasingly visited the site.
Thank you, John Mellencamp!
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 8, 2022
John Mellencamp is an ally. This is good for the Jews.
An interfaith journey to forge ties between Israel and Pakistan
By BeLynn Hollers — October 5, 2022
(RNS) — A playground with a gaily painted bomb shelter punctuated a trip to promote the Abraham Accords.
‘God is life,’ Rabbi Yonatan Neril on ecological conversion and the war in Ukraine
By Marika Proctor — August 19, 2022
(RNS) — Rabbi Yonatan Neril is the founder and executive director of the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development — a Jerusalem-based nonprofit engaged in revealing the connection between religion and ecology worldwide.
Why we still need Tisha B’Av
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 5, 2022
(RNS) — What would happen if America could name its national sins?
The saddest bar mitzvah in history
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 21, 2022
What happened recently at the Western Wall is an outrage. Orthodox leaders must speak out. Loudly.
Why ‘The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’ matters
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 3, 2022
(RNS) — Come for the story. Stay for the strong women characters.
The Jewish way to celebrate Jerusalem Day
By Avi Shafran — June 1, 2022
(RNS) — We are enjoined by our Jewish faith not to goad or incite other peoples or religions.
Jordan’s King Abdullah, custodian of holy sites, meets US Christian leaders
By Daoud Kuttab — May 11, 2022
(RNS) — Reconfirming the status quo in Jerusalem will require some hard diplomacy and a lot of goodwill.
Israeli police enter tense holy site as Jewish visits resume
By Joseph Krauss — May 5, 2022
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police entered the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem to clear away Palestinian protesters after controversial visits by Jews that had been paused for the Muslim holidays resumed.
Israel defense chief, Jordan’s king discuss Ramadan calm
By Associated Press — March 29, 2022
JERUSALEM (AP) — Tensions between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in Jerusalem during last year’s Ramadan helped contribute to the eruption of an 11-day war.
Israel’s national library sees Arabic site traffic boom
By Ilan Ben Zion — January 10, 2022
(AP) — The Jerusalem library is home to an extensive collection of Islamic and Arabic texts, including thousands of rare books and manuscripts in Arabic, Persian and Turkish ranging from the 9th to the 20th centuries.
As Jews pray on Temple Mount, status quo in Jerusalem’s holiest site begins to shift
By Eetta Prince-Gibson — December 15, 2021
(RNS) — A group that advocates for Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount reported that more than 10,000 Jewish worshippers had visited it between September and November in violation of an agreement between Israel and Jordan — an increase of 80% compared with recent years.
A guide to Judaism’s most obscure fast day
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 14, 2021
(RNS) — Does Judaism still speak to our souls, or just to our minds?
Holocaust survivors mark Hanukkah at Jerusalem Western Wall
By Associated Press — November 30, 2021
The candle-lighting was organized by the Jewish Claims Conference at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, the holiest place where Jews can pray.
