Jewish Religion and Thought
A moderate rabbi with links to the Religious Zionism movement, he won the second round by a vote of 77-58.
“If you feel like rolling up your sleeves and being an active participant, you might consider joining a ‘dig for a day.’”
“Now we can see with our own eyes something which we have missed for 2,000 years,” said Israeli scholar Lt. Col. (res.) Mordechai Kedar of Bar-Ilan University.
Rabbi David Yosef urges communities to unite for captives and fallen soldiers.
Fasting times, prayer schedules and customs for the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.
One activist threatened to greet worshipers while singing and eating falafel in her bikini.
Secular protesters last year forcefully prevented traditional Jews from holding an outdoor Yom Kippur service.
Ramat Hasharon’s decision follows a court’s ruling in favor of the prohibition, which critics say is anti-Jewish.
“When you write a Torah scroll in someone’s honor, you elevate their soul,” Yosef Wilhelm, a Chabad rabbi, told JNS.
“A small, but meaningful, piece of the history of the Jewish faith will be returned to its rightful owner,” stated Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
In many ways, it is the continuation of a family tradition: Before both presidential elections, his daughter, Ivanka Trump, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, paid late-night, media-free visits there.
Bonnie Pomper, whose nephew Hersh Goldberg-Polin was executed by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, told JNS that studying the Mishnah made her appreciate “mundane” prayers she has said by “rote.”
