The Jerusalem Post Blogs

Time for a Muslim Nostra Aetate: Reflections on 60 years of Catholic rapprochement toward Jews

Just as Nostra Aetate led to reconciliation between Judaism and Christianity, a similar document is needed to lead to a rapprochement between Judaism and Islam. For Rabbi Dr. Yakov Nagen, the saying ...
Arutz Sheva

After his hospitalization: Rabbi Yaakov Nagen is released home

Rabbi Yaakov Nagen with his wife Michal and the surgeon who saved his lifeHadassah spokesperson Michal Nagen, wife of Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Nagen, announced that Sunday night, that he was released from the ...
The Times of Israel

A Modern Orthodox Kabbalist

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The Jerusalem Post Blogs

Interfaith dialogue: Making religion part of Israel's Middle East peace

How did Rabbi Dr. Yakov Nagen, an unassuming, boyish-looking 55-year-old Talmudic scholar from Otniel, a small settlement south of Hebron, become involved in interfaith activities, meet with Muslim ...
The Times of Israel

For West Bank rabbi, a rare and risky trip to Cairo’s ivory tower of Islam

A rabbi in a yeshiva in the West Bank settlement of Otniel took an improbable trip to Cairo last month to discuss his religion with Muslim scholars at the most important institution in the Sunni world ...