Israel’s parliament has given preliminary approval to a bill that would put the country’s Orthodox Chief Rabbinate in charge ...

The temporary measure, during the holy Muslim fasting month, follows tensions as Jewish activists increasingly encroach on the contested religious site.

Palestinian Catholic Asma Isyed, 68, from Zababdeh, West Bank, stands beside her sister, Ibtisam Khoury, 69, from Nazareth, a patient in the underground protected facility against Iranian missiles of ...

New York Jews caused the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1953 by chanting Purim prayers, Ukraine’s chief rabbi has ...

Saturday morning, Pasteur Street, central Tehran. Inside a vast walled compound (pictured) sits Beit Rahbari - the residence of Iran's ageing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

Boerne ISD school board President Rich Sena said he envisions a designated period of prayer and religious reading to be for people of all faiths. The district's board authorized staff to be developing ...

Purim 2026 begins March 2. Here's what the Jewish holiday represents, why it's celebrated and why it's not 'Jewish Halloween'.

Purim teaches that salvation comes through tefillah — but through tefillah that leads to courageous action. Through bitachon ...

A makeshift Islamic prayer centre located above a florist is just one of several operating across Sydney without council ...

Unauthorised Islamic prayer centres are flying under the radar of local councils and authorities in makeshift setups across Sydney despite a Minns government crackdown on unlawful places of worship.

Editor David Horovitz on Bollywood-level antics at the Knesset during PM Modi’s visit and a new bill to tamp down egalitarian ...

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan ...