— The Jewish Federations of North America board of trustees sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underscoring the “growing sense of urgency” on the part of American Jews to see ...

Israeli police detained a woman wearing a tallit at the Western Wall and later questioned her for four hours. The woman was participating Thursday in a rosh chodesh prayer service held monthly at the ...

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has assigned famous former dissident Natan Sharansky an impossible task that The Daily Beast‘s Dan Ephron calls “almost cruel in its complexity.” No, it’s not ...

Hundreds of worshippers packed Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Monday evening to participate in a special prayer service for the unity of the nation and the safe return of the remaining hostages. The ...

Members and supporters of the Women of the Wall organization were subjected to body searches at the entrance to the Western Wall Plaza. The women also were disturbed Thursday during their monthly ...

The “Birkat Cohanim,” or Cohen’s blessing, is a ritual dating back to over 2,500 years ago when King Solomon’s Temple stood on the same site. The blessing is performed by Jewish men who can trace ...

Liba Center claims worshippers were removed and an unwarranted arrest was made on behalf of the Women of the Wall.

With their backs to the wall and covered in white prayer shawls hiding their heads and arms, the hundreds of male priests raised their hands and chanted the words of the blessing. Many in the crowd ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police held back thousands of ultra-conservative Jews who tried to drive liberal women worshippers from Judaism's sacred Western Wall on Friday, marking a shift in the ...