Jerusalem Controversy

This week’s Torah portion, Noah, is the second portion of the Torah. Here, we transition from the universal story of creation to the historical story of the Jewish nation. The first part of the portion deals with the story of the flood. Humanity had deterior…

Daniel Gordis offers a succinct analysis of what he terms the “crumbling bonds” between Israel and America in his most recent book We Stand Divided: The Rift Between American Jews and Israel. Gordis looks at the historical, political, religious and social dif…

Acclaimed retired soccer players from both Brazil and Israel played a friendly match in the Jewish state to promote coexistence. Some 28,000 fans saw Brazilian veterans beat their Israeli counterparts, 4-2, at the Shalom Game held Tuesday in the mixed Jewish…

Acclaimed retired football players from both Brazil and Israel played a friendly match in the Jewish state to promote coexistence. Some 28,000 fans saw Brazilian veterans beat their Israeli counterparts 4-2 at the Shalom Game held Tuesday in the mixed Jewish…

The heads of the Agudat Yisrael faction of the Ashkenazic-haredi UTJ party met Tuesday night in Jerusalem in order to discuss the political deadlock. According to them, there is a very real possibility that Israel will be forced to hold a third round of elec…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now the Diaspora affairs minister, a position that has been open since June when Naftali Bennett left the role. The ministry is the fourth that Netanyahu now controls, joining the Defense, Health and Social Affairs ministr…

Blue and White leader MK Benny Gantz vowed to implement the Western Wall Outline if he becomes prime minister. "When I will be the Prime Minister of Israel, I will embrace all streams of Judaism. We are part of an inspiringly colorful mosaic of cultures and …

Blue and White Benny Gantz said Tuesday he would always prefer diplomatic means to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability, though he stressed that, if all else fails, all options are on the table. Addressing the Jewish Agency Board of Governo…

The Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, currently has separate sections for men and women, in adherence with Orthodox custom. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus government reached had agreed to upgrade a mixed prayer area, welcomed by plurali…

Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz pledged on Tuesday to promote religious pluralism in Israel and implement the abandoned Western Wall agreement should he become prime minister. He was speaking at the Jewish Agency Board of Governors meetings where he and…