The Rabbinate supports use of chickens for ‘atonement’ ritual – but with caution.
Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef warns against causing a nuisance with Jewish prayers on airplanes.
Many continue tradition of using live chickens for the kaparot ritual. Pictures from Jerusalem.
Jewish worshippers flock to the Kotel (Western Wall) to take part in penitential prayers in the run up to Yom Kippur.
Leading Zionist rabbi says Bayit Yehudi was wrong to make a pact with Yesh Atid, bemoans yeshiva budgets.
Hareidi MK says ritual is needlessly cruel, when coins or flowers can be used instead of a live bird.
About 100 pilgrims who were stuck in Moscow airport received kosher food thanks to Russia's chief rabbi.
ADL Director Abe Foxman tells IDF Radio White House called him directly. Analyst: Jewish groups "courting disaster."
The message from Aish.com's video: try your best, and God takes you all the way
the Tzohar organization will be organizing prayers at 250 locations around Israel for Yom Kippur, with 40,000 people expected
Analysis of bones of animals sacrificed in Temple shows some may have been brought from as far as Arabia.
The day after Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish community fasts in memory of a leader's tragic death and its disastrous aftermath.
Amos Yadlin says that Obama's red line on Iran will be less credible if he doesn't hit Syria.
The rabbi spent the holiday at the ICU in Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital.
No unusual events were registered during the long holiday weekend. Ten Days of Teshuva begin.
"If we work together, we can make this moment one of hope for all our neighbors," says President Obama.
Arutz Sheva wishes its readers a happy and sweet new year. 3-day festival means we'll be offline until Saturday night.
Lakewood's Rabbi Yitzchak Elbaum shares his insights into the upcoming period of celebration, reflection and repentance.
Poland's top court will consider whether Jews and Muslims can perform kosher and halal slaughter despite a recent ban.
In a New Year message, Chief Rabbi David Lau has urged worshippers to pray for Jonathan Pollard's release.
Pope Francis has ordered an investigation into a Polish ban on the ritual kosher slaughter of animals, says WJC head Ron Lauder.
Hassidic rabbis meet Ukrainian leadership as annual pilgrimage to Uman is set to begin.
Siert Bruins, a Dutch-born former Nazi, will appear before a German court: accused of killing a resistance fighter back in 1944.
A South African protest against an Israeli musician quickly deteriorated into a call for the murder of Jews
Britain's Prime Minister tweeted out greetings to the new Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, and Prince Charles attended the installation ceremony
Saturday night marked the start of the recital of "selichot" prayers for Ashkenazic Jews throughout the world.
Thousands of girls and women gather to pray where the Tabernacle once stood.
Israeli youth in the Bnei Akiva program pray for an end to the killing of innocent Syrian civilians.
Rabbi Mendel Epstein says he is disturbed by the number of women who suffer from the "system" of divorce in the Orthodox community.
Bayit Yehudi head in appeal to Reform, Conservative Jews: new section is open to all streams, 24 hours a day.
Women dedicated to preserving traditional sanctity of the Kotel say: "A holy site is no place for political activity."
On a visit to Australia, MK Ruth Calderon has proven to be a media hit, presenting her views about religion and the Middle East conflict.
Separate area for non-Orthodox prayer is not good enough for the women who want to pray like men.
Jerusalem yeshiva releases new music video with holiday meaning, breakdancing.
Renowned Torah sage is hospitalized again for back pain.
Two swastikas were painted on parked cars in Vaughan, Toronto. Other, similar incidents occurred recently.
Violence in Egypt finally puts an end to kosher food exports.
An Israeli couple in Belgium welcomed a baby girl this week, but were told the name 'Jerusalem' did not make the cut for valid baby names.
Holocaust survivors laud Angela Merkel as the first German leader to visit Dachau, but political opponents accuse her of "electioneering."
CHAZAQ, an organization which works to bring spiritual strength to Jews all over the world, will hold its first annual dinner on August 26.
A stormy soccer match between Israel and Ukraine causes a stir. Reporters noted: "The human reflex was to do what the Israeli players did."
The Nefesh B'Nefesh organization encouraged young American couples to share their aliyah dreams and enter the "Wedding Gift Challenge".
Organizers from the World Zionist Organization hold second annual fair for French olim, who are moving to Israel in record numbers.
Rabbi Avi Zarki slams annual pilgrimage to Ukraine. ‘The spiritual boost is not real.’
Due to the rise of unemployment in Spain, thousands attended a casting call to play Jewish slaves in the new Biblical epic "Exodus."
Blueprints for an expansion of Oskar Schindler's Poland factory were sold at an online auction, along with other documents.
When the Israel Davis Cup team was penalized for refusing to compete on Yom Kippur, "Hiddush" advocated for freedom of religion for Israel.
Foreign Minister Ze'ev Elkin participated in the inauguration of President Horacio Cartes and met with Paraguay's Jewish community.
Ramat Gan's Chief Rabbi discusses Halachic prohibition against charging interest and "heter iska" with Arutz Sheva.
Shavei Israel has brought a group of "hidden" Polish Jews to Israel, to help them get closer to the Jewish people.
In a secret and complex operation, the Jewish Agency brought a group of 17 Yemenite Jews to Israel.
Angela Merkel will be the first German official to visit Dachau concentration camp as a "signal of respect for the former detainees."
Brazilian convert describes his journey to Judaism, his friends’ reactions, and his experience as the only Jew in a city of one million.
Popular hassidic singer praises Samaria Jews during a concert in Karnei Shomron.
Holocaust survivors and Jews of the town are alarmed, but not surprised: "Hatred and intolerance have once more reared their ugly heads."
“After two months in the IDF you will feel that you were born here in Israel,” assures JNF Head.
Watch live stream from Ben Gurion Airport as the 2nd summer flight of Nefesh B'Nefesh arrives and the Olim are greeted to Israel.
Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs Rabbi Eli Ben Dahan visited the SHALVA organization: "Another layer in the construction of Jerusalem".
Hungarian Laszlo Csatary helped deport 15,700 Jews to death camps during the spring of 1944.
