Jewish and Israeli Holidays
A first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 19 in Washington, D.C.
The event, held hours after Tu B’Av (the “Day of Love”) bills itself as the “biggest speed-dating event ever.”
“I’d have to call no-marriage the silent killer,” says media matchmaker Aleeza Ben Shalom. “No marriage, no kids—it’s tough on the Jewish future.”
The Israeli national security minister’s decision “demonstrated blatant disregard for the historic status quo with respect to the holy sites in Jerusalem,” the U.S. secretary of state said.
“If we are not able to work together, to compromise, we’re going to a bad place,” Gidi Dar told JNS.
David Moss devoted three years on three continents in the 1980s to full-time work researching, conceiving and executing a commissioned Haggadah.
The government and prime minister set policy on the Temple Mount, not ministers, says the PMO in response.
“We mourn together, embrace together, and cry out together for the immediate release of our brothers and sisters from the darkness of captivity,” said the Israeli president.
One of the most difficult days in the Jewish calendar, it includes five afflictions intended to stir the heart and inspire repentance.
Two prominent Orthodox rabbis told JNS that they wrote the invocations to be both mournful and also uplifting.
“Fasting during operational activity is prohibited; it is a life-threatening matter,” says the Israeli Military Rabbinate.
“The decision of the municipality to ban Yom Kippur prayers in public spaces is puzzling, divisive and must be reversed,” said Energy Minister Eli Cohen.
