As I write this essay, the January 2025 ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, is still in place. The first three hostages have been returned to their families. May that ceasefire still be in place by ...

Hundreds of women came to the morning service, which the group holds at the Wall at the beginning of each Jewish month. According to Israeli law, women are not allowed to wear prayer shawls at the ...

Four times for wearing a prayer shawl at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, one of the holiest places in the Jewish faith, and once for smuggling a Torah scroll into the sacred site.

The tallith, also known as the prayer shawl, is a shawl worn traditionally by Jewish men. It is worn: at morning prayer services at festivals on the Sabbath The reason for wearing the tallith is ...