2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (88+ words) Israel National News is stopping its round-the-clock news updates at this time in honor of the start of Shabbat and Rosh Hashanah in North America, where they are being written now.Updates will resume Sunday night from Israel, following the…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (363+ words) Israel's Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter on Friday issued a Rosh Hashanah message reflecting on the Jewish New Year, the painful memories surrounding this year's holiday and the shared responsibility to defend freedom and work toward a better…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (691+ words) The Torah reading for the first day of Rosh Hashanah begins with several particularly fitting words. “V’Hashem pakad et Sarah" - “And the Lord remembered Sarah" (Bereishit 21:1). After decades of waiting, Sarah finally gives birth to a son. She is 90 years…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (44+ words) Around 50,000 people attend late night Selichot service at the Western Wall. Rabbis and public figures pray for unity, the safety of Israel's soldiers and the recovery of the wounded. Selichot at Western Wall: Over 50,000 worshippers gather ahead of Rosh Hashanah...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (109+ words) Tens of thousands of worshippers arrive at the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem to take part in the final recitation of Selichot before Rosh Hashanah. Tens of thousands of worshippers arrived on Thursday night at the Western Wall Plaza in…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (27+ words) Hours before Rosh Hashanah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Western Wall to pray. Watch. On the eve of Rosh Hashanah | Netanyahu prays at the Western Wall...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (36+ words) President Isaac Herzog marks Rosh Hashanah with a message of Jewish pride, action, and unity, urging Jews in Israel and worldwide to listen to one another. Herzog’s Rosh Hashanah message: ‘We are here, we are strong’...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (44+ words) The number of Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount increased significantly this year, despite the site being closed to Jews for 134 days due to security concerns, Muslim holidays and Shabbat. New record: Nearly 69,000 Jews ascended the Temple Mount over last…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (51+ words) Antisemitism is not a misunderstanding to be corrected. It is a functioning social technology that organizes identity, supplies a scapegoat and simplifies the moral universe for people who want it simplified. Rappaport knows how to deal with it. Opinion. More…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (275+ words) Fascinatingly, the word “doubt" does not appear in the Torah because, even in the most challenging circumstances, God’s presence is never absent. This is one of the central messages of Rosh Hashanah, reflected in King Avimelech’s observation about Abraham in…...