As the fast day approaches, some protesters of the recent law weakening the judiciary fear that it could lead to another catastrophe. (JTA) — The image started circulating almost as soon as the ...

“On the day we mark the destruction of the temple, I’m really really worried that soon we’ll mark the destruction of the State of Israel,” one Israeli posted online. If Iran begins its long-awaited ...

There’s something new and profound happening this year while Christians support Israel as the Jewish world prepares to observe Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the Biblical month of Av; a day that ...

Iranian Emad long-range ballistic missile, range 1,700 kilometers. Iran launched more than 100 such missiles at Israel on April 14, 2024. Iran is allegedly planning to carry out its Big Attack against ...

(RNS) — Many American Jews are in mourning not only for the temples, but, they say, for Israeli democracy, which has been badly tarnished. (RNS) — On Tuesday (July 25), four Israeli major newspapers ...

(RNS) — On a day when Jews mourn the destruction of the first and second temples, some Jews believe the destruction of Gaza should also be mourned. (RNS) — The day marking the destruction of the first ...

I began to write this week’s message about 100 times. With the recent Judicial Reform in Israel (which weakens the power of the Supreme Court), my heart sinks because I have so much love for the ...

The buzz in Israel is that if Iran and Hezbollah are to launch a major attack, as they are vowing to do, it will start next Tuesday. As Jews have said for centuries, “Beware of Tisha B’Av.” The ninth ...

Tisha b’Av, which begins this year on the night of July 26, is our collective day of mourning, when we spend the day recounting the many tragedies that befell our people. We fast, pray and observe ...

Where did this tune come from? Who composed it? If you try to search in Google, there’s no definitive answer. Some claim it was composed somewhere in Germany many years ago. But there’s no ...

(JTA) — If Iran begins its long-awaited attack on Israel sometime before Tuesday night, some Jews may say the timing of the strike had been preordained for almost 2,000 years. On Monday at sundown, ...