The Western Wall checked out fine in a test of its stability by engineers.
The office of the rabbi of the Western Wall, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, said there were no abnormal findings in Tuesday's test. The check was made less than two weeks before the start of the High Holidays, when hundreds of thousands of people visit the Western Wall Plaza.
Previous tests have found stones that broke during bad weather.
Open letter from Creative Community for Peace garners more than 1,200 signatures.
The author and photographer knew that this was a way he could contribute to the conversation and make a difference – one portrait at a time.
Eleanor the Great is a funny, emotional, and thought-provoking story about the tales we tell and why we tell them.
A former therapist turned filmmaker confronts a lifetime of pain while returning to competitive swimming after 40 years
In the aftermath of Oct. 7, language itself began to falter. Words no longer carried shared resonance, provoking confusion, trauma or defensiveness. The case for rebuilding a shared Jewish lexicon.
At Jewish Health’s Grancell Village campus in Reseda, a capacity crowd of friends, relatives and staffers applauded their agreement in saluting the largest bar and bat mitzvah class in its 113-year history.
As the music swelled and the crowd bounced to the beat, the message was clear: Jewish pride is not only surviving on campus, it’s thriving.
Many undocumented Israelis are fearful of remaining in the U.S. illegally and are desperately seeking solutions.
Shorba, the tomato, chicken and rice soup recipe that we highlight here is a beloved classic from the Babylonian kitchen.
Alcohol symbolizes joy, celebration and abundance. This is especially important during the fall’s Jewish holidays.
Who needs to build a sukkah to remember our ancestors in the desert when I could just go volunteer at a soup kitchen?
Sixth in a series
In this New Year, we will find ourselves called upon to carry forward the responsibilities of leadership, the obligations of community building, the requirements of advancing Jewish civic interests.
You think the lives of Palestinians are going to be better than today within a Palestinian state? Look at Gaza, look at Syria, look at Yemen and think again.
Most Jews don’t understand what is taking shape in Christian America. They fear it, conflate its diverse voices and want to denounce it with great moral force, as if that will somehow make it all go away.
Much like in other parts of the world, most of those who criticize Israel in Latin America have little or no grasp of the realities on the ground, yet they readily join the chorus of demonization.
