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In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, tourists continue to flock to holy sites, falafel stands and bars with little care for the mass demonstrations filling streets
Requirements for prayer at the Jerusalem holy site have long been contentious
On Tisha B'av 1967, those gathered in Jerusalem were too grateful to be focused on senseless divisions
Harassment of anyone at the Western Wall is unacceptable. To end it, every Jew needs to understand the perspective of those unlike themselves, writes a Haredi rabbi
I came as a girl wanting to read Torah, and left as a woman ready to fight for everyone’s right to pray as they choose
Lucia da Silva's parents had prepared her for confrontations at her bat mitzvah ceremony
‘We believe you have attained this position for just such a crisis,’ the heads of the Reform and Conservative movements write in a letter to the new Israeli prime minister
A battle of acoustics is playing out at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, the holiest place in the world for Jews. Traditionalists believe the Torah forbids women from singing in public — even at the Wall’s women’s section — and those who dare sing are often harassed. “People come with hundreds of whistles to drown out our…
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