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Israeli security personnel stand guard as Jews visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, July 18, 2021. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

2,200 Jews ascend Temple Mount since start of Passover

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More than 2,200 Jews have ascended Temple Mount, located in Jerusalem’s Old City, since Passover began on April 5. Of those, some 1,200 visited Judaism’s holiest site on Monday, Israeli officials said. Tensions remain high at...
American Jewish conservative political commentator and columnist Ben Shapiro at the Temple Mount on July 24, 2022. Photo by Michael Miller.

Ben Shapiro at Temple Mount: Jews face apartheid there

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On Sunday afternoon, Ben Shapiro, the editor emeritus of The Daily Wire, ascended to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem to pray with his parents and a group of followers. Shapiro’s first visit to the Temple Mount was...
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis of the United Kingdom speaks at a Holocaust Memorial Day event on Jan. 23, 2018. Credit: UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

New accessible ‘siddur’ uses photos and graphics to accompany prayers

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Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis visited a school this week to unveil a first-of-its-kind prayer book designed for people with learning disabilities. It was created by the charity JWeb,...
Queen Elizabeth II. Credit: Pixabay.

UK chief rabbi issues prayer for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee

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Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, chief rabbi of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, wished Queen Elizabeth II “many more years of blessing” in a prayer that he issued on Wednesday in honor of her Platinum...
Jews visit the Temple Mount compound, site of the Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, Oct. 8, 2017. Photo by Yaakov Lederman/Flash90.

Poll finds half of Jewish Israelis support Jewish prayer on Temple Mount

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Fifty percent of the Jewish population of Israel support Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the holiest site in Judaism, according to an Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) Israeli Voice Index poll. The survey...
A bar mitzvah boy is called up to the Torah, with masking and social distancing in place, at the Sydenham-Highlands North Hebrew Congregation, as Rabbi Yehuda Stern reads from the Torah. Credit: Courtesy.

After deadly attacks, new synagogue guidelines call for weapons, phones on Shabbat

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In the wake of the recent wave of deadly terror attacks in Israel, the World Organization of Orthodox Communities and Synagogues on Wednesday called for congregations to take precautions against possible attacks. Among its...
Jewish men pray at the entrance to the Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem on the holiday of Hoshana Raba, Oct. 11, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

In first, Israeli court backs ‘silent’ Jewish prayer on Temple Mount

Jerusalem Magistrates Court Judge Bilha Yahalom ruled on Wednesday that the silent prayer of Jews on the Temple Mount is allowed, saying it cannot be deemed a “criminal act.” The ruling was the first by...
At-home booklet for use during Sukkot. Credit: Chabad.org/News.

Sukkot guide to help those at home celebrate holiday

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Along with spending time in the sukkah and waving the “Four Species” or “Four Kinds” (etrog, lulav, arava and hadass) a central observance of the holiday of Sukkot is holding festive evening-time celebrations. Known as Simchat Beit Hashoeva, they harken back to the...
A statue of Roman Emperor Hadrian. Credit: Akimov Konstantin/Shutterstock.

The obligation to remember, even on a day when we look inward

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It comes in a part of the Yom Kippur service that even many of those who are more than three-day-a-year synagogue-goers often skip in the late afternoon as the daylong fast heads towards its...
Jewish man in Tallit blowing the Shofar. Credit: MIA Studio/Shutterstock.

The ‘fast’ track to inspiration: 10 tips for a transformative Yom Kippur

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“For on this day He will forgive you, to purify you, that you be cleansed from all your sins before G‑d.” — Leviticus 16:30 It may feel longer, but from start to finish, it’s actually under...