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Police detain women at Kotel for wearing prayer shawls

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:26:56 GMT

"Women of the Wall" arrive at the Kotel for prayer group, say officers told them to remove prayer shawls, then detained them.

Competition in Jewish world heats up

Mon, 21 May 2012 05:21:01 GMT

New Jewish group founded by Russian-born businessman seeks place in Diaspora politics.

OU’s ‘Torah Tidbits’ turns 20

Sun, 20 May 2012 23:52:00 GMT

Event celebrating 20 yrs, 1,000th addition attended by 1000 members of public, as well as Deputy J'lem Mayor Hadari.

Budget-pinched women’s Talmud program to close

Sun, 20 May 2012 03:31:26 GMT

Program was first course to provide stipends to women scholars in order to facilitate long-term study of Talmudic texts.

Arno Lustiger: Historian of Shoah resistance dies

Sun, 20 May 2012 03:05:39 GMT

Tribute: Writer survived six camps, debunked view that Jews went "like sheep to the slaughter."

Orthodox rapper Y-Love reveals he’s gay

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:31:10 GMT

“I feel like I’ve wasted years of my life worrying that it would alienate the community I dedicated my life to,” rapper tells 'Out' magazine.

Class shows haredi readiness to tackle sex abuse

Tue, 15 May 2012 04:23:41 GMT

Course launched recently to train haredi counselors to work with sexually abused kids shows openness to once taboo issue.

Holocaust novel wins British foreign fiction prize

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:31:28 GMT

"Blooms of Darkness" by Israeli Aharon Appelfeld awarded 2012 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize London ceremony.

Radicals attack ‘I Like Israel’ event in Germany

Mon, 14 May 2012 01:31:04 GMT

Head of pro-Israel group "neveragain" says he is "not surprised but nonetheless shocked."

Artist to give his ‘Illustrated Genesis’ to pope

Sun, 13 May 2012 22:14:27 GMT

Avner Moriah's work juxtaposes the Hebrew text of the Bible with the artist’s interpretative drawings.

Limmud expands conference to three-day affair

Sun, 13 May 2012 18:14:08 GMT

More than 500 members of the US Russian Jewish community sold out the event at Princeton

Journo fined for satire of anti-Semitic cartoon

Sun, 13 May 2012 03:25:47 GMT

Italian court fines journalist for satirizing derogatory cartoon of Jewish politician.

Judaica masterpiece sold for 3 times expected price

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:50 GMT

Rennaissance era Jewish prayer book sells in Paris's Christie's for over 1.8 million euros.

Celebrity stylist, Haganah vet Vidal Sassoon dies

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:01:13 GMT

Entrepreneur and philanthropist who was committed to fighting anti-Semitism passes away at 84 in Los Angeles home.

Breakthrough seen likely in Tzohar-Rabbinate impasse

Mon, 07 May 2012 01:50:20 GMT

Tzohar has protested restrictions Religious Services Ministry, Chief Rabbinate imposed on its rabbis performing weddings.

Hundreds of children at risk on Lag Ba’omer

Mon, 07 May 2012 01:38:06 GMT

Survey states nearly 25% of parents disregard children’s safety by not supervising dangerous bonfires.

Nuremberg firm contrite over anti-Semitic email

Mon, 07 May 2012 00:43:16 GMT

Co-owner: Mentally ill retired founder sent letters to TA store owner.

What’s in a word? ‘Ordained’ v. ‘invested.’

Fri, 04 May 2012 10:28:07 GMT

What’s the difference between investiture and ordination? Plenty, say Reform movement officials.

Bnei Menashe aliya to resume this summer

Fri, 04 May 2012 01:59:30 GMT

Some 50 families, numbering around 250 people, expected to come before end of August with Interior Ministry approval.

Methodists reject motion to divest from Israel

Thu, 03 May 2012 23:12:20 GMT

General conference of United Methodist Church votes against divesting from three companies that trade with Israel.