Jewish peoplehood vs. the ultra-Orthodox.
The ultra-Orthodox are willing to fight. Few of the non-Orthodox are.
In U.S. foreign policy, there is no fouler cesspool than this.
The tension at the heart of Zionism.
“A kind of religious ecstasy.”
Remembering David Rubinger.
To jettison it would cause lasting damage.
A model for compromise on religious issues.
“I put them on, even though I don’t fully understand why.”
Jews and Muslims, tolerance and intolerance.
Reviled by Jews and Christians alike, Herod was one of the world’s great builders.
Archaeologists have long believed that a pile of large stones at the base of the Western Wall is a product of the Roman destruction of. . .
Some of the mammoth limestone rocks at Judaism’s holiest site are decaying, while others are good as new. Archeologists blame cost-cutting builders.
The “Sharansky” plan for a non-Orthodox worship section at the Western Wall deserves the support of both Israelis and Diaspora Jews.