This is the Forward’s coverage of Jerusalem, the holiest city in Judaism and the capital of Israel.
Jerusalem
The Latest
-
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…
-
Fast Forward Obama Warns Trump About ‘Explosive’ Jerusalem Embassy Move
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Barack Obama said he conveyed to his successor Donald Trump that moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem could be “explosive.” “Obviously it’s a volatile environment when sudden unilateral moves are made that speak to the core issues or sensitivities of either side. That can be explosive,” Obama said Wednesday at his…
-
Fast Forward French Foreign Minister Calls U.S. Embassy Jerusalem Move a ‘Provocation’
(JTA) — France’s Foreign Minister said a proposal by President-elect Donald Trump to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem will have “extremely serious consequences.” Jean-Marc Ayrault made the comments during the Paris peace conference on Sunday. Ayrault called the proposed move a “provocation.” “I think he would not be able to do it,” Ayrault told…
-
Fast Forward $178M Judgment Against Hamas Backers to Family of Slain Infant
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A U.S. court ruled that Iran and Syria must pay a total of $178.5 million in damages to the family of an infant with dual American-Israeli citizenship who was killed in a terrorist attack by a member of Hamas. Chaya Zissel Braun was 3 months old when she was thrown from her…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Theater Why is everyone laughing at Anne Frank?
- 2
Opinion It’s time for the pro-Palestinian movement to make a radical change
- 3
Film & TV How a complete unknown created one of the most iconic music events of the 1970’s
- 4
News Should synagogues remove the Israeli flag from bimahs now? How a New York shul made the decision
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Maine Senate candidate comes under fire for Nazi-style tattoo
-
Fast Forward After three years in Israel, Reform convert told she can’t make aliyah
-
Fast Forward JD Vance arrives in Israel as ceasefire totters: ‘We are in a very good place’
-
Fast Forward Daniel Naroditsky, Jewish chess grandmaster and influential streamer, dies at 29
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
