Britain's Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, will walk to King Charles III's coronation, in keeping with Shabbat laws as the ceremony takes place on a Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath and day of rest. "(The ...

(RNS) — It’s not unusual to read about the “monopoly” Israel’s Orthodox Jewish state rabbinate maintains on public life. The rabbinate sets standards for marriage, divorce and conversion, serving ...

The Jews of Jerusalem danced last week in the synagogues and in the streets, bearing in their arms the scrolls of the Torah as they celebrated the end of the thanksgiving period of Sukkot.* The ...

JERUSALEM -- For decades, writers have poetically described the rhythm of the Jewish Sabbath in Israel when virtually all traffic and commerce ground to a halt at sunset Friday. Stores, restaurants ...

A bill to amend the Sunday law of New York City, so as to exempt from its provisions those who observe the Seventh Day as the Sabbath, is sponsored by the Jewish Sabbath Alliance of America, which has ...

Britain’s Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, will walk to King Charles III’s coronation, in keeping with Shabbat laws as the ceremony takes place on a Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath and day of rest. “(The ...