Jerusalem Controversy

After initially believing Russia’s moves against the Jewish Agency to be a relatively minor spat, Israeli officials now view them as the makings of a potentially major diplomatic rift, and the Jewish Agency is preparing accordingly, a senior official in the organization said Sunday. Moscow’s reasons for attacking the quasi-governmental…

Tamar Eshel, a former Israeli diplomat and lawmaker who was Israel’s oldest ex-MK, died Sunday in Jerusalem on her 102nd birthday. Eshel, a career diplomat, made history as the first Israeli to head the UN Commission on the Status of Women. She later served as a member of the Knesset…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister on Thursday said he would send a delegation to Moscow in hopes of halting a Russian order to shutter the operations of a major nonprofit organization that promotes Jewish immigration to Israel. Yair Lapid’s decision came after a spokeswoman for a Moscow District Court…

Paisley, the teardrop-shaped pattern that has decorated everything from Torah scrolls to bandannas, has its moment in “Paisley, A Princely Pattern,” an exhibit at Jerusalem’s Museum of Islamic Art. The design-focused exhibit, open since May, weaves between past and present as it follows the metamorphosis of paisley from its origins…

I have been a rabbi for more than four decades. I have seen many young people become b’nai mitzvah. I have been to celebrations with all sorts of tasteless themes. But, there is one theme that I have not experienced, and would have hoped not to experience. “Torn prayer books.”…

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Updated: July 18, 2022 at 10:09 AM U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Al Salman Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. Photo courtesy of Saudi press Agency The prince, known as MBS (R), takes part in a working session with…

A vocal, foul-mouthed Likud operative known for his attack-dog tactics against political rivals and opponents of the party, and especially its leader, former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was recently praised by senior party members at a prominent event near Jerusalem. At an event last week in Mevasseret Zion, Rami Ben-Yehuda…

Joe Biden’s trip to the region is an “unprecedented opportunity to change dynamics in the Middle East,” a senior Israeli official told reporters last Tuesday, a day before the US president landed at Ben Gurion Airport. The superlatives from Israeli leaders continued after Biden had touched down. Prime Minister Yair…

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