Tens of thousands took part this morning in the second Priestly Blessing ceremony during the prayers for the Passover holiday held at the Western Wall Plaza.

Tens of thousands of people gathered at the holiest Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem on Tuesday for the traditional priestly ...

In a story published Apr. 15, 2025, about the traditional Jewish priestly blessing in Jerusalem, The Associated Press erroneously described the plaza in front of the Western Wall as the ...

The “Birkat Cohanim,” or Cohen’s blessing, is a ritual dating back to over 2,500 years ago when King Solomon’s Temple stood on the same site. The blessing is performed by Jewish men who can trace ...

The ceremony will be attended by the Chief Rabbis of Israel, hostages and their families, and the Mayor of Jerusalem.

What did Americans know of the Holocaust as it was happening, and what more could they have done? Those questions and others are explored in an exhibition at Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls ...

The Jeenmata temple in Sikar, Rajasthan, is closing its doors from April 11 to protest an assault on priests. While daily rituals continue, the temple remains off-limits to worshippers. The decision ...

QUINCY — A group of nurses at Blessing Health System are looking to form a union to combat a number of issues they say include high turnover, high patient-to-nurse ratios and lower pay than travel ...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed legislation on April 9 codifying the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism into state law. “It is hereby declared that antisemitism and ...

Two years ago, left-wing activists barricaded the Jerusalem offices of Kohelet Policy Forum, an Israeli think tank with conservative and libertarian leanings. The vandals ascended the fifth floor ...

Causing some trepidation in the hearts of Bangladesh's readymade garment (RMG) sector leaders is the newly imposed 37 percent tariff by the United States on Bangladeshi imports. The move comes ...

(JTA) — Jewish fans of HBO’s “The Pitt” heard a familiar verse in the hit medical drama’s latest episode when the show’s main character, Dr. Michael Robinavitch, consoled himself by reciting the Shema ...