On December 8, 2013, SAR High School principal Rabbi Naphtali Harcsztark permitted students Ronit Morris and Yael Marans to lay tefillin in the school’s daily women’s prayer group, allowing them to do ...

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Education Minister Yoav Kisch participated Monday in the Knesset Subcommittee for Jewish Thought in the Education System, headed by MK Galit Distel Atbaryan, where he presented the “Shorashim” program ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A viral video posted earlier this month showing a Jewish teen laying ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) – On a bustling street corner in downtown Jerusalem earlier this month, a group of determined Jewish women performed a commandment long reserved for men. Standing in front of a table ...

Rachel Putterman, a 52-year-old rabbinical student, raised over $5,000 to film a tutorial featuring a diverse set of Jews. (JTA) — Rachel Putterman never learned how to put on tefillin when she was ...

Transportation Minister Miri Regev is in court to defend herself in a libel suit brought by Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai over her claim that he prevented Jews from carrying out the ritual of laying ...

Released hostage Bar Kuperstein, standing next to his father, Tal Kuperstein, are both wrapped in prayer shawls at Hostages Square, with each reciting the blessing for phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew ...

After a night of tossing and turning, I finally gave up on sleeping at 11 a.m. Sunday morning. I rolled over, checked my phone and logged into social media. Everyone will have his or her “where were ...

After becoming the first kosher chef to earn a Michelin Star, Raz Shabtai celebrated the historic achievement by putting on ...