Temple Mount
Religious Jews target of latest attacks by Palestinians
By Michele Chabin — October 13, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) While no one tracks the number of religious vs. secular Jews who have been injured or killed in attacks, religious Jews are thought to be repeat victims.
Netanyahu prohibits Israeli parliament from visiting Temple Mount
By Michele Chabin — October 8, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) The prime minister's decision aims to defuse the wave of Palestinian violence that has struck Israel and the West Bank during the past few weeks.
Overlapping holidays prompt Jerusalem activists to work on overcoming divisions
By Michele Chabin — September 22, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) Putting aside bitterness and engaging in coexistence work, a group of Jews, Christians and Muslims gathered to better understand Yom Kippur and Eid al-Adha, which coincide this week.
Jerusalem mayor takes tough stand against Al-Aqsa rock throwers as skirmish escalates
By Michele Chabin — September 17, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) Televised footage of Israeli riot police clashing with the stone-throwing mosque-goers standing behind iron barricades sparked outrage in the Muslim world.
One dead in Jerusalem as Israeli-Palestinian tension mounts during Jewish New Year
By Reuters — September 14, 2015
Stone throwing erupted Sunday in the city where Palestinians want to halt Jewish prayers near Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque.
Arab parliament member denies Jewish claim to Temple Mount, sparking Israeli outrage
By Michele Chabin — July 27, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) The remarks by Parliament member Masud Ganaim of the Joint (Arab) List political party came a day after clashes between masked Muslim rioters and Israeli police marred the holy Jewish fast day of Tisha B'Av.
‘Dig’ TV series starts adding up: Watch the numbers
By Kimberly Winston — March 19, 2015
(RNS) USA Network's action-thriller series is tossing biblical numerology and a difficult biblical text into its plot. What's real and what's fiction?
Activists intent on building third Jewish temple spark tensions at holy site
By Jacob Wirtschafter — November 12, 2014
JERUSALEM (RNS) The Temple Mount is at the center of an intense debate over messianic religious Zionism. How Israeli society deals with it may hold the key to the peace process.
Jews challenge worship rules at holiest of Jerusalem sites
By Neri Zilber — November 19, 2013
JERUSALEM (RNS) Known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Haram As-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary), the most sensitive site in this most sensitive of cities is buffeted by a growing chorus of Israelis demanding their government allow Jewish worshippers access to the site, and thereby reverse decades of political and religious precedent.
‘Jerusalem,’ a tribute to the holy city, comes to the giant screen
By Lauren Markoe — November 14, 2013
(RNS) It may be as close as most people get to praying at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and at the Western Wall, without actually going there.
Ancient treasure trove uncovered near Temple Mount
By Sidney Slivko — September 10, 2013
(RNS) The cache contains 36 shiny gold coins, some silver and gold jewelry and a 10 centimeter gold medallion with an etching of a traditional seven-branch menorah.
Tisha B’Av: An unloved Jewish holiday gets a makeover
By Lauren Markoe — July 12, 2013
(RNS) Tisha B’Av, many rabbis say, can be a hard holiday to sell, with its commemoration of the most depressing events of Jewish history. But many of those same rabbis are trying to revive interest in Tisha B'Av, with new rituals and practices to which modern, nontraditional Jews can better relate.
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