Jerusalem Day

Not only is the amidah directed toward Jerusalem, but the whole prayer service is too, even when we are not facing Jerusalem.

The Six-Day War caused a great spiritual awakening among Jews. This awakening proved that Zionism had not finished its task.

The Western Wall looks simply like a block of rocks. One must look with penetrating eyes to sense what it really expresses.

It is not a coincidence that Jerusalem Day falls on the eve of the Torah reading of Bemidbar.

What does the desert have to do with Yom Yerushalayim? And what is in common between Heavenly Jerusalem, the community of Israel & Sefirat Ha’omer?

Jerusalem’s eminence stems from its being the city of the Holy Temple, the home of the kingdom of Israel, and the Torah center of the world.

Selections from Rabbi Shlomo Goren's diary telling the story of Jerusalem's liberation.

Let us discuss, once again, the connection between the Torah aspects of Jewish life, and the national aspects thereof – expressed only in an independent Jewish state. This topic can be intriguingly analyzed in terms of the actions of the founders of the first Jewish commonwealth, Kings David and Shlomo, father and son.

I don’t know what the medical name for it IS, but as I stood at the Kotel, my heart began to beat rapidly & my mind went blank.