Jerusalem Controversy

This past Tisha BAv, nearly 1,800 Jews ascended the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in observance of the annual Jewish day of mourning for the destruction of the Temples. While it is true that the observance this year fell on the same day as a Muslim holiday, and t…

Demi Lovato took a major step in her quest for spirituality and a heightened sense of connection to her family heritage. The pop star - who suffered a near-fatal drug overdose in July of 2018 - recently took a trip to Israel and was 'baptized in the Jordan R…

While Jerusalem has not formally reacted to the decisive victory of Sebatisan Kurz Sunday in Austria's parliamentary election -- likely because the results were announced on Rosh Hashanah -- there are certainly smiles in the Prime Minister's Office and the Fo…

Today is 2019, not 1989 where Mahathir Mohamad ruled with an iron fist (for 22 years from 1981 to 2003). During his first stint as the Malaysian leader, Mahathir administration controlled the mainstream news media. The Internet was yet to exist, let alone soc…

Watch as thousands gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem for the last day of reciting the prayers of repentance, a day before Rosh Hashana

He also urged the world body to intervene in the Middle East by directing a two-state solution to the decades-long conflict, promising Palestinians Abbas made his remarks in the morning session of the 74th General Debate at U.N. headquarters in New York City…

The biggest stories of the year were, as expected, Israel’s entangled web of political intricacies, its scientific discoveries and its archeological finds. Readers of The Jerusalem Post went to the Moon and back with JPost.com in excitement and disappointment…

A 34-year-old female police officer was stabbing in the Old City of Jerusalem Thursday afternoon, in an apparent terror attack. The wounded officer is said to be in light condition, and is fully conscious. MDA emergency first responders were dispatched to t…

Equipped with long sticks, a team of cleaners on Tuesday (September 24) led by the Rabbi of the Western Wall gouged out written notes that visitors to Judaism's Western Wall in Jerusalem traditionally cram into its crevices. Twice a year, Rabbi Shmuel Rabino…

The Women of the Wall prayer rights group reached out to administrator of the Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz to meet with them ahead of Rosh Hashana so as to improve relations, but the rabbi is yet to respond to the group’s overture. Women of the Wall…