Efrat israel
Don’t leave off the love: Devorah Ahavah Gerzoff’s journey to Jewish faith and Israel
A slow rediscovery of Judaism that led from suburban America to a love affair with Israel.
Inside Chiburim: Yaron Shane’s mission to help IDF soldiers find Love After War
Israeli community builds world's only mechanical-divide swimming pool
This high school’s library is now a memorial to 25 fallen alumni in Efrat
Rabbi Riskin’s term extended after Rabbinate had thrown doubt on his continued tenure
“I think this episode was a huge victory for those who want to see changes in the Rabbinate,” says Former Yesh Atid MK Dov Lipman.
They don’t dance on Shabbes
Spotting a lack of opportunity for religious hip-hop dancers, Raquella Siegel Raiz introduced the Battle of the Crews competition for all-female performers and audience.
Middle Israel: Who’s afraid of Rabbi Riskin?
By unleashing his clerics on one of Modern Orthodoxy’s icons, Arye Deri has picked a fight he cannot win, and the Chief Rabbinate might not endure.
Rabbi Riskin – until 120
Age is a number, no more and no less.
Chief Rabbinate throws doubt on Riskin's continued tenure
Riskin to Post: My position on conversion should not be cause for deliberating as to whether I continue.
Une révolution en marche
Le monde religieux est le théâtre d’une évolution significative : pour la première fois en Israël, une femme devient leader spirituel
The truth about Gush Etzion
Tens of thousands of Jews, if not more, had lived in the area before even one Palestinian ever set foot in Gush Etzion, among them the famous Bar Kokhba.
Orthodox woman appointed to serve as communal spiritual leader in Efrat
Efrat’s municpal chief rabbi Shlomo Riskin selects Dr. Jennie Rosenfeld in what is perhaps the first appointment of its kind in Israel in the Orthodox world.
Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech: The inner divinity
The Hebrew word for life, hayyim, is a plural noun; the “soul of life” is the God who resides within each of us, the essence of our personalities to whom we must return.
A legal right and a moral imperative
Israel holds legal title to all land that is not privately owned in Judea and Samaria.