This is the Forward’s coverage of Jerusalem, the holiest city in Judaism and the capital of Israel.
Jerusalem
The Latest
-
Community Through Eggplant And Tahini, A Path To Mideast Peace
Several weeks ago I enjoyed a delicious lunch at Café Zamn with a group from our congregation. A couple of things stood out about the meal. First was the tangy, citrusy green juice. Second was the impossibly creamy eggplant with tahini sauce. Third, was the fact that Café Zamn is in Ramallah. And, finally, the…
-
Fast Forward Trump Planned To Move Embassy In Israel At ‘12:01’ On First Day — So What Happened?
President Trump planned to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as his first act in office, but backed off because of because of regional concerns over such a move. Interviewed on Politico’s The Global podcast, Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee said that Trump was “ready to move the embassy at 12:01…
-
Israel News Too Soon To Discuss Jerusalem Embassy, Says Trump
(JTA) — In his second media interview as president, Donald Trump said it was too early to discuss moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and praised Israel’s separation barrier as effective at providing protection. “The wall is necessary,” Trump said in replying Thursday to a question by Fox News’ Sean Hannity about Trump’s plan to…
-
News Trump Puts Jerusalem Embassy Move on Back Burner — Why Is Right Wing Not Howling?
Jewish activists are eager to see President Donald Trump make good on his promise to move the United States embassy to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem. But his administration has put the move on the back burner even as it has been quick to take other dramatic actions relating to trade and healthcare. “There’s no decision,” White…
-
Fast Forward Dialing Back Pledge, White House Says ‘No Decision’ on Moving Embassy to Jerusalem
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump administration has yet to decide on when — or possibly even whether — to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, its spokesman said. On Monday, a sequence of answers by Sean Spicer in his first Q&A with reporters as White House spokesman suggested that President Donald Trump may retreat from…
-
Fast Forward A ‘Cheeky’ 50-Foot-High Plea to Trump on Jerusalem Embassy
An Israeli developer has draped a 50-foot-tall sign on the facade of a Jerusalem building advertising himself to Donald Trump as the man to build the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Trump promised to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv during his campaign, a pledge made but never fulfilled by several other American…
-
Fast Forward Women Bring Torah Scroll to Western Wall Prayer Service
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Original Women of the Wall group held a prayer service in the women’s section of the Western Wall that included a Torah scroll. It was the first time that women have succeeded in bringing in and reading from a Torah scroll at the Western Wall since an interim Supreme Court ruling said…
-
Fast Forward Is Trump Putting Embassy Move to Jerusalem on Back Burner?
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s team spoke often about moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. But since Trump took office, the contentious issue is more nuanced and may already be moving to the back burner. In a statement before a first post-inauguration phone call between Trump and Israeli Prime…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Louis Theroux’s Netflix documentary on the manosphere takes a detour into antisemitism
- 2
Fast Forward Illinois primary pits Jewish candidate with deep Israel ties against AIPAC spending
- 3
Opinion Trump has forced an impossible choice on American synagogues amid antisemitic attacks
- 4
Opinion Antisemitism is exploding on the right but the Jewish establishment is focused on the left
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Expelled Oberlin Chabad rabbi says he ‘made a mistake’ with explicit social media chats
-
Yiddish פֿינעף פֿאַקטן וועגן פּסח וואָס איר ווייסט אפֿשר נישט Five facts about Passover you may not know
דאָס רייכערן פּאַפּיראָסן יום־טובֿ האָט צונויפֿגעבראַכט מענטשן
-
Culture A brilliant Jewish storyteller may be gone, but her characters are ‘still talking’
-
Yiddish „גלאָזפּערל‟: כּישוף־לידער פֿון קאַטערינאַ קוזנעצאָוואַ‘Glass Beads’: Yiddish magic by Katerina Kuznetsova
אין איין מיסטיש ליד פֿון קוזנעצאָוואַס נײַ בוך, פּראַוועט אַ שדיכע — די וואַלד־מלכּה — איר חתונה מיטן זומער.
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
