The Explainer: Jewish denominations – a brief guide for the perplexed
In an article first published on The Conversation, JOSHUA SHANES, a US-based scholar of modern Jewish history, explains the differences between Judaism’s major denominations…
Future of prayer site in doubt under Israel’s fragile government
Jerusalem, IsraelAP When Israel’s new government took office last June, it indicated it would press ahead on an egalitarian prayer site at Jerusalem’s Western Wall – a sensitive holy site that has emerged as a point of friction between Jews over how prayer is conducted there. But the plan is coming up against the limits […]
POSTCARDS: EXHIBITION IN JERUSALEM CHALLENGES PERCEPTIONS OF MODESTLY DRESSED WOMEN
MICHELE CHABIN, of Religion News Service, reports…