Visiting the last Jews of Ethiopia, who are still waiting for their turn to reach the promised land
Decoding a rabbinical broadside against drafting Torah scholars into the IDF
Ovadia Cohen’s grandfather, Rav Ovadia Yosef, was one of rabbinic Judaism’s leading lights, but few members of Cohen’s family are slated to attend his wedding next week
The Israel Prize-winning educator, activist, and former seamstress seeks to integrate secular and religious lives for a new generation of Haredi men and women
Rabbi Shalom Cohen has likened Modern Orthodox Jews to Amalek
600,000 people attended his funeral in Jerusalem yesterday. Here’s why.
The influential rabbi draws the country’s largest funeral crowd in history
The influential and divisive spiritual leader of Israel’s Sephardim leaves contradictory legacy
Featuring Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, and Idan Raichel
By failing to name a street after the controversial philosopher, the city of Jerusalem proved he was right
Leaked email shows Kenneth Roth comparing mullahs to Shas
This week in Israel: borders are breached, a truck runs amok, Netanyahu tests the waters, Barak stands accused, and rabbis fireproof the Sabbath
Plus, the second annual flotilla, Shas says don’t smoke, and more
Prestige hurt, but Turkish diplomacy is back
Today’s rabbinic culture is closing the door to converts, and ignoring its own history in the process
Intel to hire shabbos goyim; a woman arrested at the Western Wall
Sephardic rabbi predicts Sephardic savior
