by Michele Chabin | May 5, 2011 | News
JERUSALEM (RNS) The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to tackle the question of whether American passports issued to children born in Jerusalem should include the word “Israel.” Until now, passports issued in this disputed city have designated the children’s birthplace as...
by Michele Chabin | Apr 13, 2011 | News
JERUSALEM (RNS) An Israeli-Canadian journalist believes he may have tracked down two of the iron nails used to crucify Jesus to the cross. Or at least objects that “could be” the long-lost relics. While researching a segment for the History Channel series “Secrets of...
by Michele Chabin | Feb 25, 2011 | News
JERUSALEM (RNS) Nearly 100 American Orthodox rabbis have signed a letter demanding that the conversions they perform outside Israel be recognized—at least for immigration purposes—by Israel’s Interior Ministry. The rabbis—including members of the Rabbinical Council of...
by Michele Chabin | Feb 11, 2011 | News
JERUSALEM (RNS) Israeli officials have installed an $11 million pipe to ease a weekly water shortage on Fridays as observant Jews prepare for the Sabbath and Muslims ritually wash themselves before weekly prayers. Until now, water pressure has been low in some parts...
by Michele Chabin | Dec 14, 2010 | News
JERUSALEM (RNS) American Jews and evangelical Christians are taking a central role in rebuilding the Carmel region in northern Israel after a deadly fire decimated large swaths of the Carmel forest and left many people homeless. Several Jewish and evangelical...
