Missionaries in southern Israel were handed a resounding defeat last week when the Be'er Sheva Magistrate's Court threw out their suit against Yad L'Achim and Be'er Sheva's Chief Rabbi, Rav Yehuda Deri.
The daughter of a Hamas sheikh sees the hand of Hashem in her incredible journey from the Arab village to Yad L’Achim, where she works with Jewish girls involved with Arab men
A young boy who was being raised as an Arab and who was rescued with his mother and siblings 18 months ago by Yad L'Achim was called to the Torah in a moving ceremony
Attacks by missionaries against Yad L'Achim reached new lows in recent days, with unprecedented attempts to intimidate the countermissionary organization's legal counsel, Yoram Sheftel, and threaten him with possible disbarment.
More than 200 Jews from all across Israel boarded four buses last Sunday and made a trip to Jerusalem that included classes on Judaism given by Yad L'Achim's leading lecturers.
Yad L'Achim Chairman: To Curb Violence, Beef Up Jewish Education, Not Police Patrols * Call on Religious Public to Engage in Spiritual Outreach Efforts
The home of Hagaon Harav Ovadia Yosef, which is visited by thousands of people from all walks of life, has known many moving moments. But it's doubtful that any could match the recent visit by three busloads of Jewish women and their children, who were rescued from Arab villages and are now leading full, Jewish lives.
Dressed in a hijab and running for her life, Oshrit Ochana - with her four children in tow - reached Gaza's Erez crossing midday on Tuesday, and was ushered through to the Israeli side.
In the Beit Lahiye neighborhood in Gaza, three Jewish children are waiting to be returned to their Jewish mother, Galit Popok, who fled her Arab husband two years
ago.
PARIS (AP) A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than euro600,000 ($900,000) on Tuesday, but stopped short of banning the group's activities.