The Unity Project at the Western Wall combined a Kohanim's blessing and a special prayer dedicated to the hostages and peace ...

Scores of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday morning, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site.

Yes, antisemitism exists. It always has. We will be identified as Jews by our haters, so we might as well live authentic ...

We yearn for the day - just as David did – when God will grant us respite from our enemies. But now, when we are fighting for our nation's life, may a Cohen who is a combat soldier in the IDF bless ...

Since then, I’ve been saying the mourner’s kaddish. I was not a stranger to Jewish prayer before my father’s passing, but I also wasn’t a consistent attendee of daily minyanim (prayer quorums). To say ...

Shapiro told reporters that the Priestly Blessing, known in Hebrew as Birkat Kohanim, was one of many prayers his family received, but this one brought special comfort. The passage is part of the ...

The “Birkat Cohanim,” or Cohen’s blessing, is a ritual dating back over 2,500 years to when King Solomon’s Temple stood on the same site. The blessing is performed by male Jews who can ...

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