God

Lockdown: Save your time for love

A song born of lockdown, silence, and ancient wisdom.

Lockdown
 Shira Sedek Ben-Zekhariah arrives at Ben-Gurion Airport, June 26, 2025.

Aliyah: A wedding postponed, a dream fulfilled

Chief rabbis of Jerusalem, Rabbi Shlomo Amar and Rabbi Arye Stern

Rabbis after Google: Jewish leadership must be reimagined - opinion

Iraqi Jews pray at the tomb of Ezekiel in Al-Kifl in southeastern Iraq on the Euphrates River, between Najaf and Al Hillah, in 1932.

When brothers reunite: Ezekiel’s prophecy and Israel’s deepest divide


Parashat Tazria: ‘Tzara’at’ and divine providence

Judaism believes that God does not abandon man, and even if providence is not revealed, it exists in a hidden dimension and affects the course of a person’s life.

 DIFFERING REACTIONS to gifts.

Jewish atheist David Baddiel makes a case for God

Despite professing to be a diehard atheist, the Jewish-British comedian wishes he believed in God, even though he is dead certain Hashem doesn’t exist. 

 An illustrative image of a man looking up at the starry sky.

Parashat Tzav: Thank you, thank you, and again, thank you

We live life in haste, in a hurry, chasing after money and dreaming that it will make us happy, and meanwhile, we miss out on the wonderful beauty that lies before our eyes in every corner.

 Gratefulness (illustrative)

Purim: Why is the book of Esther holy if God isn't mentioned?

When you look back on the Book of Esther, it is so easy to see divine providence pulling the strings of this farce.

 MEGILLAT ESTHER is read – with a becostumed queen in attendance– on Purim eve 2023, in Tel Aviv’s Great Synagogue.

Testimonies for how the Jews were chosen to represent God - opinion

At several crucial junctures, events in Jewish history testified against preconceived ideas, acting as testimony that the Jews are God's chosen people.

 An illustrative image of the biblical prophet Moses leading the Jews out of slavery in Egypt in the Exodus.

Parashat Ki Tisa: Seeing and hearing: The difference

A person seeking a religious experience may resort to ecstatic experiences that lead him to a feeling of divine attainment. But this is a mistake.

 WHILE SEEING is believing, hearing is a deeper sense.

Death and life in the Land of Israel - opinion

Is it not cruel that even the greatest of people are destined to die, that we only exist for the tiniest slice of history?

 WHY DID God create each of us with an incurable illness called… ‘Life’?!

Third of Israelis hold a stronger belief in God since October 7, 'Post' survey finds

An absolute majority of respondents (75%) said that since October 7, they feel a greater connection to the State of Israel (69%) and the diverse Israeli society (68%).

How was the faith of Jewish Israelis been affected by the October 7 massacre and war?

Parashat Yitro: Under the mountain

The indelible impression made by this encounter keeps alive the knowledge of our uniqueness and closeness to God, and of the promise that will be kept.

 ‘SHAKEN AND Stirred (Har Sinai),’ 70x90, acrylic on canvas, 2020.

Putting God on trial: The problem of divine collateral damage - opinion

Dr. Chaim Toldeche and Elie Wiesel were right: God must stand trial and must repent for the creation of evil in the world. 

 DOES GOD stand trial? Inside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem.