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Jewish festivals, holidays commonly observed by the Jewish community. Below is a summary of the major Jewish holidays, which traditionally begin at sunset on the previous evening. For fuller treatment of the Jewish calendar and its cycle of Jewish religious observance, see Jewish religious year.

Barring an extreme sadomasochist personality, how could knowing one’s life is on the line make this day not only happy – but the happiest day of the year?

One of Jerusalem’s most iconic religious traditions is the custom of writing prayers on scraps of paper and placing them in the cracks of the Kotel. Visitors of all faiths leave thousands …

The prayer notes are removed from the wall twice a year—before Passover and the High Holidays—and are buried in a Jewish cemetery.

Eli Cohen will inaugurate the permanent home of the Israeli embassy in Manama.

Engineers inspect the Western Wall in Jerusalem for safety

On Sept. 12, Israels Supreme Court will consider whether the judicial power grab by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is legal.

Netanyahu’s power grab violates a principle that has held the country together.

The anonymous official said there is a “large group in the Likud that opposes Levin,” more so than has come out publicly.

This week, according to sources ranging from the Biden White House to Moody’s to The New York Times’ Thomas Friedman, Israel entered into a period of serious existential danger. What