My 4-Year Career Reporting on Messiah and Why I Know It’s Happening
Four and a half years ago, I was hired by Breaking Israel News to write feature articles about the geula (redemption). It was a subject no other Jewish or Israeli news site covered and nine years of intensive study in yeshiva left me disturbingly unprepared to write about a subject so essential to my religion.
The Maccabees, The Mount and Modern Israel
Just a few days before the start of Hanukkah, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan delivered remarks that would have made the Maccabees proud.
Do You Believe In The Mountain of God? Sign the Petition!
Cry for Zion, a multifaith NGO advocating equal rights for all religions on the Temple Mount released a petition calling for Jewish sovereignty at the site.
Conference Paves Way for Jewish-Christian Cooperation on Temple Mount
The first Temple Jerusalem Convention took place at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center on Wednesday, aimed towards educating Christians about the relevance of the Jewish Temples to their belief. The focus is not only on the Biblical Temples but also on the future Third Temple written about in prophecies.
Jewish Prayer on the Temple Mount: Third World War or Civil Rights Movement?
A conference on Wednesday brought together religious Jews and Christians to discuss a topic that had never before been addressed in a multi-faith forum: the past and the future of the Temple Mount as it related to their respective religions. As participants entered the conference, they were greeted by the sight of a 20-foot model […]
Win a Home in the Holy City of Jerusalem
In the first competition of its kind, the Am Yisrael Chai Foundation is raffling off a $1 million apartment in the heart of Jerusalem.
“On This Day,” King David Purchases Jebusite Threshing Floor
King David purchases the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite and, according to one classic rabbinic opinion, the
entire city of Yerushalayim (Jerusalem). That threshing floor, the place where he intends to offer sacrifices, is now called the Har HaBayit (Temple Mount) in Yerushalayim.
Unprecedented Interfaith Conference Tackles Temple Mount Controversy
The Temple Mount Jerusalem Convention 18 (TMCJ), organized by Cry for Zion, an Israel-based organization that advocates for Jewish sovereignty over the Temple Mount, will take place on Dec. 5 at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center. Doron Keidar, one of the organizers and the executive director of Cry for Zion, explained the motivation for the conference.
Focus on Temple Mount Returning Blessings to the World
Though there is no Temple in Jerusalem, in very many ways, Jewish sources describe the Temple Mount as the viaduct for blessings, spiritual and material, to flow into the world. Several experts weigh in on this source of divine bounty.
Snakes, Elections, and the Messiah
The hotly contested U.S. midterm elections were preceded by strange phenomena at the Temple Mount, including a snake that suddenly appeared out of the stones of the Western Wall.