By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The deputy mayor may not know there are 600 synagogues in Tel Aviv, and religious people too.
Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach was a davening challenge I never experienced before, one I didn't think I would be able to overcome.
Hundreds of Jews sang and danced at Rav Shmuel Eliyahu's Musical Hallel at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv on Chol Hamoed Pesach on Tuesday morning.
Passover cleaning made easy? No, Passover cleaning made JOYFUL.
The mitzvah to recite Hallel that Chazal instituted regarding Chanukah was in fact a direct result of the miracle of Chanukah; however, its essence is not to publicize the miracle but rather to give thanks for the miracle.
By JNi.Media
What was common to both funerals and shiva houses was an abiding faith in the right of the Jewish people to live in freedom and security anywhere in this great, but tiny land.
The funeral of Hallel Yafa Ariel HT"D is being held on Thursday afternoon.
By JNi.Media
Hallel Yafa Ariel, 13 and a half years old, was on summer vacation, having just finished the 8th grade.
I am representing not myself, but all youth of Sderot.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai is joined in-studio by Walter Bingham, 91 -- rescued from the Nazis as a Polish child on the Kindertransport and ended up fighting against them with the British -- shares his memories of Kristallnacht and of facing the German Foreign Minister who was first to hang at Nuremberg. Then, VOI Knesset Insider Jeremy Saltan joins Yishai in-studio to discuss the relationship between the Jewish holidays established in the past and the new holidays born in the modern era of Jewish statehood. They point out that Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day, the Day of Remembrance for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism, Israel Independence Day and Jerusalem Day all are marked during the "counting of the Omer" -- the 50 days between Passover and Shavuot (Pentecost).
US Pres. Barack Obama posts late video Passover greetings and timely Easter greetings in a weekend message.
The Temple Institute renacted the entire Pesach sacrifice ceremony.
When President Obama was newly elected, he made a trip to the Middle East to address the Arab nations. He spoke about Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish nation citing the Holocaust as the reason. He was roundly criticized for that by many – especially in the religious community. Because as we all know […]
By Batya Medad
In order to understand today's State of Israel we must remember the awful, disgraceful side, too.
By Batya Medad
Rosh Chodesh Nissan commemorates the very first mitzvah.