Jews and muslims

Tisha B'Av reminds us that Jewish prayer belongs on the Temple Mount - opinion

A Tisha B'Av pilgrimage makes the case that Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount can expand without provoking conflict.

A JEWISH man prays during a visit to the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem’s Old City, earlier this month.
Ron Segev lighting a candle at the CAM-organized Hanukkah menorah-lighting ceremony in Tel Aviv

‘Stop living in fear!’ - opinion

THE BRIDGE must span Jerusalem’s most sensitive terrain – the Temple Mount, or al-Haram al-Sharif. For Jews, it is the site of the ancient Temple; for Muslims, the place of the Prophet Muhammad’s ascent to heaven, the writer states.

A Jewish-Muslim ‘Nostra Aetate’ could reshape the Middle East - opinion

 RABBI YONATAN NERIL.

Rabbi Yonatan Neril: Founder of Israel's interfaith NGO linking religion and ecology


Jewish, Muslim women go viral on TikTok for comparing modest swimwear rules

Both the Jewish woman and Muslim woman are shown in the TikTok video to cover their hair and wear long sleeves at the beach.

 It's completely unrealistic to prevent our youth from using TikTok.

Should interfaith activities wait until Jews and Muslims are done fasting?

Jews around the world will fast and mourn on Tisha B’Av and many Muslims will fast and mourn in observance of Ashura.

Afghan Shi'ite Muslim woman reacts as she attends a congregation to mark Ashura in New Delhi, August 20, 2021.

Jews and Arabs unite in solidarity at Acre event on Shabbat

Attendees, which included Christians, Muslims, Jews, business and restaurant owners as well as tourists, gathered in the promenade outside the Acre Police Station

THE OLD city of Acre, a week after violent riots threatened to tear the city apart.

Seattle Jewish school turned mosque brings Jews and Muslims together

“We’ve got lots of plans,” Cherry Street Village project manager Koloud “Kay” Tarapolsi said. “The only thing holding us back is our imaginations.”

The Islamic School of Seattle in 2007. Community figures hope to turn the property into a multifaith cultural center.

Podcast offers branch of hope

The Branch has achieved acclaim in a fractured world, shining light on the everyday intertwined lives of Arabs and Jews who have developed deep bonds.

DINA KRAFT reports from Doha Stadium for the B’nai Sahknin soccer team episode.

What a Muslim sheikh taught me about Shavuot

“My friendly advice to my fellow rabbis,” Sheikh Jaffer says, “is to make the most of this because you won’t have this chance again.”

Clockwise from top left: a cheesecake for Shavuot, Sheikh Faiyaz Jaffer and a young man reading the Quran

Jerusalem 2019: Facts and figures

The city is the largest in the country, both in area and population. But Jerusalem not only has the distinction of being the capital, it also ranks as Israel’s poorest city.

Jerusalem 2019

Opening your home to the conflict

Have you ever held an imaginary conversation with American college students who believe Israel is an apartheid state dominated by big bad settlers and soldiers who torture children?

STUDENTS LEARN to make bread at Pat Bamelach in Gush Etzion.

Surfing waves of words

“It was probably a way to create a social circle for myself of people who love text and discussing text as much as I do,” Spector shares.

A RECENT surf in Tel Aviv on ‘Getting Lost,’ in English.

Islam, Judaism and Politics - A Sacrilegious Marriage?

The Jerusalem Post