Glances in "Religion" Category
Haifa Lights Up for Coexistence
Haifa lights up for its annual inter-religious Festival of Festivals on Dec. 1, 2025. The annual event coincides with the holidays of ...
Double Celebration Under the Stars
Israelis dance in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square to celebrate the release of hostages and to mark the end of Simchat Torah, the last of the High ...
Casting Away Sins
Jews at a pond in Ramat Gan say Tashlich on Sept. 30, 2025. The prayer is said by a body of water before Yom Kippur and symbolizes one's ...
Human Hands, Eternal Words
A rabbi in the Israeli city of Netanya carefully writes the final words in a new Torah scroll on Sept. 10, 2025. Every single letter must ...
Tears Beneath the Stones
At the Western Wal in Jerusalem, Israelis mark Tisha B'Av, on Aug. 2, 2025, which commemorates the destruction of the First and Second ...
Tradition and Honor: Chief Rabbi Welcomes New Rabbinic Judges
A man kisses the hand of Israel's Chief Sephardi Rabbi David Yosef at a swearing-in ceremony for 28 new rabbinic judges in Jerusalem on ...
Samaritan Worship at Mt. Gerizim
Israel's Samaritan community of 800 marks the holiday of Shavuot on Mt. Gerizim next to Shechem (Nablus) on June 1, 2025. The Samaritans ...
Faith Across Generations
On May 8, 2025, yeshiva students pray at the Jerusalem grave of Rabbi Gedalia Moshe Goldman, a holy man and survivor of the Soviet gulag ...
Ancestral Devotion
Jewish worshipers pray at the Tomb of Joseph in Shechem (Nablus) on April 16, 2025 during the intermediate days of Passover. Photo by Roee ...
Haredi Protester Faces Off Against Water Cannon
Israeli police disperse Haredi Jews demonstrating in Jerusalem against plans to conscript yeshiva students into the Israeli military on ...
