Michele Chabin
Olympics ceremony won't include moment for murdered Israelis
c. 2012 Religion News Service JERUSALEM (RNS) Despite international pressure -- including support from both U.S....
Israel's Conservative wing OKs gay and lesbian rabbis
In a landmark decision, the Masorti Movement, the Israeli branch of Conservative Judaism, announced that its rabbinical school will begin to accept gay and lesbian candidates for ordination....
Israeli protesters resist influence of ultra-Orthodox
With its department-store-sized windows, the Kolben Dance Company's
studio faces a busy Jerusalem plaza, but few passersby have ever
glimpsed one of the troupe's rehearsals inside.
Chief rabbis condemn attack on Israeli mosque
Israel's chief rabbis are among the Jews in Israel and abroad who
have strongly condemned an arson attack on a mosque in northern Israel.
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Dead Sea Scrolls now available online
JERUSALEM (RNS) Five of the Dead Sea Scrolls that have been stored for
decades in a climate-controlled exhibit at the Israel Museum in
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Freedom Riders, Israeli style
Vera Kreidlin boarded an empty No. 56 bus for the 25-minute ride from
a religious neighborhood in the heart of the city to Ramat Shlomo, an
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U.S. Jews not able to fly on Delta flights to Saudi Arabia
JERUSALEM (RNS) Jews and Israelis, or passengers carrying any
non-Islamic article of faith, will not be able to fly code-share flights
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Israel sees slow but growing acceptance for gay Orthodox
TEL AVIV, Israel (RNS) Though never short on spectacle, this year's
annual gay pride festival was even more colorful with a parade float,
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Update: Jewish paper apologizes for cropping out Clinton
JERUSALEM (RNS) An ultra-Orthodox Jewish newspaper in Brooklyn has
apologized to the White House and State Department after the paper
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Jewish newspaper erases Clinton from photo
(RNS) An ultra-Orthodox Jewish newspaper in Brooklyn deleted Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton from a White House photograph of top
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Supreme Court to weigh `Israel' on U.S. passports
JERUSALEM (RNS) The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to tackle the question
of whether American passports issued to children born in Jerusalem
should include the word "Israel."
New pipe in Israel aims to halt worship water shortage
JERUSALEM (RNS) Israeli officials have installed an $11 million pipe to
ease a weekly water shortage on Fridays as observant Jews prepare for
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U.S. Jews, evangelicals help Israel rebuild after fires
JERUSALEM (RNS) American Jews and evangelical Christians are taking
a central role in rebuilding the Carmel region in northern Israel after
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Palestinians pull claim to Western Wall after U.S. State Department objects
Following condemnation from the U.S. State Department and others, the
Palestinian government has pulled a report stating that Jews have no
historic connection to the Western Wall.
Palestinians claim ownership of Western Wall
JERUSALEM (RNS) The Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism, is
actually a Muslim shrine, according to an official report published
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