Michele Chabin
Archaeologists uncover Herod’s palace
c. 2015 Religion News Service
JERUSALEM (RNS) The site where Jesus may have been tried, prior to his crucifixion, is now open to the public for the very first time.
...Four killed in Jerusalem synagogue terror attack
c. 2014 USA Today
JERUSALEM (RNS) At least four worshipers were killed in an attack on a west Jerusalem synagogue Tuesday (November 18).
...Site of Jesus’ Last Supper a point of contention for some Israeli Jews
c. 2014 Religion News Service
...Ultra-Orthodox protest bill to draft them into military
Much of Jerusalem was paralyzed March 2 by a demonstration by hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews against a bill that would require many of them to serve in the military....
Israeli-Palestinian youth choir makes peace through song
c. 2014 Religion News Service
JERUSALEM (RNS) While attending a U.S.-based interfaith camp as a teen, Micah Hendler had an idea.
...Feminists call temporary Western Wall prayer platform called a ‘sundeck’
c. 2013 Religion News Service
...Prominent American Jews embrace Mideast peace talks
More than 100 prominent Jewish Americans with varying religious and political viewpoints have thrown their support behind the Israeli government’s decisi...
Jerusalem court upholds women’s right to pray at Western Wall
Women who want to wear prayer shawls while praying in the women’s section of the Western Wall are not breaking the law, according to a landmark decision ...
Jews rally around woman arrested for praying at Western Wall
JERUSALEM (RNS) Jews from Manhattan to Mozambique held prayer vigils on Monday (Oct....
ADL pulls out of interfaith talks over Israel
JERUSALEM (RNS) The Anti-Defamation League said Thursday (Oct. 11) it has withdrawn from an Oct. 22 U.S....