"As a Chinese outsider with no ties to this region, I have become a 'radical observer,' witnessing firsthand how nations, religions, and cultures build walls of hatred that isolate humanity." “As a ...
(RNS) — A bill currently before Israel’s legislature, the Knesset, is bringing the long-debated and divisive issue of prayer at the Western Wall to a head. Israel’s parliament has given preliminary ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Israel’s parliament gave preliminary approval to a bill that would place the Orthodox chief rabbinate in full ...
JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament has given preliminary approval to a bill that would put the country’s Orthodox chief rabbinate in charge of the entire Western Wall in Jerusalem, raising fears among ...
(RNS) — ‘It literally criminalizes non-Orthodox prayer,’ said Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism in the U.S. JERUSALEM (RNS) — The Israeli parliament’s decision to introduce ...
A bill that would strengthen the Orthodox Chief Rabbinate’s control over the Western Wall, introducing steep penalties for “desecration” of the holy site, advanced in Israel’s parliament on Wednesday ...
Israel’s highest court has delivered a unanimous rebuke to state and municipal authorities over long-stalled plans to upgrade the Western Wall’s egalitarian prayer section, intensifying a dispute that ...
Sometimes a single episode reveals much about the big picture. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision on Sunday to cancel a ministerial committee vote on legislation that would ...
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