Hemla organization joins animal activists in calling performance of religious custom before Yom Kippur 'an inhumane act'

Worshippers, soldiers rush to erase Nazi symbols found at holy site. 'Only barbarians could do such a thing,' says Shomron Regional Council head

Jewish prayers have not been heard in city of Maimonides since Jews' expulsion from Spain in 1492. Local initiative aims to renew tradition, not far from ancient synagogue