At one of these funerals, a large color slide of the deceased was projected onto the wall facing the mourners, while in both ...

Carl Miller insists he wasn’t in Brooklyn the morning of Oct. 25, 1979, the day he turned 19 and Rabbi David Okunov was killed in Crown Heights by a gunman who shot him from six inches away before ...

In a sporadic occurrence that will next repeat itself in 2045, Jews in the capital get to celebrate a three-day holiday ...

Congregation Beth Jacob Ohev Sholom is a rare holdout of both pre-Hasidic and pre-gentrification Williamsburg.

The pope "spent about 20 minutes in prayer in his chapel on the 10th floor apartment and the rest of the day alternated between rest, physiotherapy, prayer and a bit of work," the Vatican said.

Israeli security forces were preparing on Friday morning for tens of thousands of Muslims to ascend the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City for the first mass prayers of Ramadan. The Israeli ...

Israeli security forces were preparing on Friday morning for tens of thousands of Muslims to ascend the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City for the first mass prayers of Ramadan. The Israeli Prime ...

A weak and breathless Pope Francis thanked people for their prayers for his recovery in a remarkable audio message broadcast Thursday, the first public sign of life from the 88-year-old pope since ...

Ash Wednesday is this week, kicking off Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation to honor the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. Ash Wednesday ...

Instead, the Vatican distributed a message written by the pope from Gemelli hospital in which he thanked his doctors for their care and well-wishers for their prayers, and prayed again for peace ...