Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. Just before I shut down the computer for the next 26 hours of Yom Kippur, let me wish you a gmar chatima tova. May you be written ...

. Until reading this article by Rabbi Yirmiyahu Ullman, I never realized that our Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur holy days in the Hebrew ...

. Yom Kippur has ended. The long 26-hour fast has ended.  What makes it difficult is not the lack of food or even the lack of water, but w...

. Our fate hangs in the balance during these Days of Awe, the Yamim Noraim, in more than only  the traditional spiritual sense this year...

. In a few hours, just before sunset, Israel's streets will be empty of cars, except for any needed emergency vehicles. Ben-Gurion Ai...

. For PsalmChallenge, centered at Daily Athens blog, here are selected verses of Psalm 28 , the ones that I like to think are illustrated ...

. The annual memorial ceremony for the soldiers we lost during the Yom Kippur War was held at Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem one ...

. Funny how the part of the shadow on the boulder makes my top half look like it's covered with fuzzy fur. We just came out of a long d...

. Two of the stained glass windows of Renanim synagogue in Hechal Shlomo, Jerusalem. . In a few hours Israel enters into both the Sabbath a...

. Yom Kippur ends with the Ne'ila (= locking, closing) prayer. You can feel the heightened intensity in the congregation in this last ho...

. Welcome to That's My World Tuesday . For the past 26 hours my world has been the solemn Jewish holy day, Yom Kippur, complete with fa...

OK, in a few minutes we will enter into the Day of Atonement. I will be shutting down the computer until tomorrow night. Israel has close...

. Our Ynetnew.com has characteristically taken an old and odd bit of religion news and blown it out of proportion. If you want to read the ...