Am Yisrael Chai [The people of Israel live],” the note reads. The “selichot” service consists of a litany of penitential and supplicant prayers. The service is held nightly between midnight and dawn ...

Eighty-three years after the Jews of Yemen were expelled from their homes, a moving event took place in the old synagogue in Jerusalem's Kgfar Hateimanim-Kfar Hashiloach neighborhood. At the event, ...

The Hebrew month of Elul began on Wednesday, and this year, there will be 17 central prayer assemblies for the Israeli public to say Selichot, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation announced in a press ...

On Wednesday night, tens of thousands of worshippers participated in the traditional Selichot (penitential) prayers at the Western Wall Plaza as part of the Ten Days of Repentance. This year, for the ...

Join us this evening at 9:45 PM Israel time (2:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time) for a special ceremony at the Western Wall honoring the memory of those who lost their ...

Several former hostages and family members of remaining hostages joined a “selichot” prayer event at the Western Wall ahead of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, which begins on Monday at sunset, ...