Har nof

Har Nof: Jerusalem's neighborhood of panoramas and piety

Neighborhood Corner: By the 2000s, Har Nof was synonymous with religious devotion, its streets lined with synagogues and yeshivot that catered to a range of Jewish traditions.

 An aerial view of Jerusalem's Har Nof neighborhood.
 Aryeh Shechopek, 16, who was killed in a bombing attack in Jerusalem on November 23, 2022

Jerusalem bombing victim Aryeh Shechopek, 16, laid to rest

 Rabbi Sholom Gold

How a fateful stroll convinced this rabbi to make aliyah

RABBI YAKOV HOROWITZ

Court rejects NIS 200k demand from rabbi who warned of US sex offender


Books: Touching History — The Memoirs

Rabbi Sholom Gold tells the story of his very active, communally involved life as he swam in the historically exciting waters in which he lived.

Shalom Gold

Bodies of Har Nof terrorists returned to families, buried in West Bank

A court order denied cousins Uday and Ghassan Abu Jamal of Jabel Mukaber burial rights in Jerusalem, and only 40 people were permitted to attend their West Bank funerals.

Palestinians suspected of carrying out a terror attack at a Jerusalem synagogue on November, 18, 2014.‏

The burial saga

The city is seeing a change in the residential trends of its Arab population.

Israeli Police

Counting the blessings

Following the Har Nof synagogue massacre, an aftermath of faith, miracles and prayers.

People comfort each other during the funeral of Aryeh Kopinsky, Calman Levine and Avraham Shmuel Goldberg in Jerusalem.

Une horreur injustifiable

Des hommes assassinés pendant leur prière, du sang dans une synagogue, les images de l’attentat de Har Nof nous ramènent aux pires instants de l’histoire du peuple juif. Que doit faire Israël?

Une horreur injustifiable

Synagogue attack survivor: ‘There are certain things that God doesn’t reveal to us’

Anglo community in Har Nof copes with synagogue massacre.

Worshippers at Kehillat Bnei Torah Synagogue in Har Nof‏

Jordanian PM consoles families of Jerusalem synagogue massacre terrorists

“I ask Allah to surround them with abundant mercy and satisfaction, which will grant you all patience and solace,” the Jordanian Jafra News website reported.

Jordan's Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour

UN Security Council condemns Jerusalem synagogue massacre

United Nations becomes latest international body to denounce Tuesday's attack, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UNSC issuing statements of condemnation.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Fear of terrorists pervades mood in Jerusalem

Following terror attack at synagogue, residents and visitors in the capital are increasingly vigilant, uncertain.

A bullet hole in a door of the Jerusalem synagogue where two Palestinian terrorists killed four rabbis and a police officer, November 19, 2014

Judaism for all

“Free market Judaism” would create the conditions – competition, striving for excellence, relevance – for a more robust religious environment.

Rabbis meeting 311