By Sharon Katz
Many believe that Kol Nidre was created in response to the conversos’ plight and their need to nullify their conversion vows.
By JNi.Media
'This will lead to new discrimination. It will reflect very negatively on minorities.'
By JNi.Media
'How would they welcome Christmas, but in tears and anxiety for their future!' one patriarch wrote.
By JNi.Media
It is impossible to paint lipstick on either of these pigs, but in the competition between Halloween and Christmas over which of the two holidays is more dangerous Halloween wins out, hands down.
By JNi.Media
"I don't think I will ever be the same having seen this astonishing thing."
Many Christians have run away from the Palestinian Authority to pre-67 Israel, where they don't face Muslim and PA persecution.
The former head of Israel’s Reform movement has called on the Israeli government to cede part of the David’s Tomb compount, located on Mount Zion, to the Catholic church. “Rabbi” Uri Regev, the former director of the Israel Reform Action Committee and now the head of the Hiddush- Freedom of Religion for Israel NGO, said […]
By JTA
The Hungarian Jewish community held a memorial event in front of the downtown Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest Wednesday to mark the 70th anniversary of the occupation of Hungary by the Nazi-led German Army. The event, sponsored by the Jewish community but open to the public, comes after representatives of Mazsihisz, the Association of Hungarian […]
By JTA
A controversial 18-century painting depicting the ritual murder of Christian children by Jews, will be available to viewers in the cathedral of Sandomierz, Poland. The painting, “Mord Rytualny” or “Ritual Murder,” was painted by Charles de Prevot, A plaque will be mounted next to the painting, which will inform viewers that the Jews did not […]
By Irwin Zalkin
Ask the Catholic Church how it feels about that.
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel on Thursday reacted to the election of Pope Francis I by highlighting his predecessors' “rich and fruitful dialogue …with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel on primary issues such as banning terrorism in God's Name, the sanctity of life and the sanctity of the family unit." The office of the Chief […]
The new pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina attended Rosh HaShanah services five years ago and was outspoken in the attack against the Jewish Community Center by agents of Iran in 1994.
The relationship between the Jewish people and the Catholic Church has never been better. And the current Pope deserves credit for that.
The Affordable Health Care Act is the official title of what has become known, primarily to its opponents, as Obamacare. It provides for a variety of changes in the American health care system and has generated enormous controversy, some of which will be the focus of the Supreme Court in the next few months.