It is ironic that Shavuot is such a little-known holiday. Because in fact, Shavuot commemorates the single most important event in Jewish history - the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.

Health Ministry eases restrictions, allows expansion of prayers at Judaism's holiest site and hints that synagogues might reopen by week's end, with conditions.

Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites in Jerusalem, sent the following open letter to the administration of Amnesty International, dated February 13, 2019, blasting the human rights organization for demanding tour companies boycott Jewish heritage sites in Israel. A report that you published has been brought to my attention in which... Read more »