Judaism – Art Review | ‘Biblical Art in a Secular Century’
New York Times – But A Pinch of Snuff, from around 1912, aptly introduces the notion that the Bible is central to both Judaism and Christianity. Like Chagall, who grew up in a Hasidic household in Vitebsk, Belarus, the painter Ben-Zion and Chaim Gross
The Fourth Faith?
Egypt Today – At present, the state allows citizens to choose only Islam, Christianity or Judaism as options. The case sparked a fire storm of controversy in religious and political circles, especially after the AJC ruled in the couple s favor on April 4. The
Palestinians unite to fight Temple Mount dig
The Australian – For centuries, Orthodox Jews refrained from entering the Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, for fear of treading on the site of the temple’s forbidden Holy of Holies. Instead, an outer wall of the Mount, known today as the Western Wall, became the
Work starts near Jerusalem shrine
BBC News – The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism, believed to be where Abraham offered his son Isaac as a sacrifice to God and the location of Solomon’s Temple. Israel captured East Jerusalem in the 1967 war. Since then, the compound has remained
Temple plants seeds for future
Pensacola News Journal – This is really, really important because what we are doing really is making our Judaism active,” Rabbi Leonard Zukrow said. A lot of the vegetation on the beach was destroyed during hurricanes Ivan and Dennis. Vegetation is needed to keep sand on the
Row over Saudi school textbooks
BBC UK – A Saudi-funded Islamic school in west London has been accused of using textbooks containing offensive remarks about Christianity and Judaism. Allegations about the Arabic books emerged when a former teacher accused the King Fahad Academy, Acton, of
Muslim protests as Israel digs at holy site
Guardian Unlimited – to build a new, raised walkway up to the site, which is known as the Haram al-Sharif to Muslims and the Temple Mount to Jews. Next to the walkway is the Western Wall, which dates from the time of the Second Temple and is the holiest site in Judaism.