Western Wall-adjacent seminary hosts over 80 speakers in an event held ahead of the "giving of the Torah" marked by the Shavuot holiday. "We pray that this historic event will bring a complete recovery to our people and the entire world," says Yeshivat Hakotel President Rabbi Baruch Vider.
The presidents of Israel and Poland have sent birthday greetings to a 101-year-old Polish woman who is believed to be the be oldest living person recognized by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum for rescuing Jews from Nazi atrocities.
The Haredi matchmaking industry has had to undergo a rapid change since the coronavirus – and with it, a host of restrictions on gatherings – came into our lives. "The virus has given hope to many families of lesser means to get a good match," one matchmaker says.
For Argentina, maintaining beef exports to Israel, one of the top-three destinations for its meat, is crucial.
Government accedes to request by Chief Rabbi David Lau, who argued it was "unfair" that synagogues remained closed while shopping centers and restaurants are reopening.
Famed theoretical physicist was known to be averse to giving interviews. "I should say, 'May the Jewish devil get you' if there were such a one," he wrote in response to one request for an interview.
Thousands of Masa participants have had their dream of volunteering in the Holy Land put on hold because of the pandemic. But Israel's successful response means registration is up by 120%.
Thirty-eight members of the Board of Deputies, the UK's Jewish community's umbrella organization, urge the Israeli government the rethink the controversial move.
Rabbi Nachum Rabinovitch was one of the most prominent rabbinic figures in the religious Zionist community, and widely considered one of the generation’s greatest rabbinic decisors.
“The coronavirus-fueled anti-Semitic events will escalate and become even more violent and physical," World Zionist Organization Vice Chairman Yaakov Hagoel says after anti-Semitic attacks of past days.
