Freedom of religion in israel

Education Ministry establishes guidelines guaranteeing students' rights to lay tefillin in schools

The directive aimed to establish clear, uniform rules and provide school principals with a guided framework to facilitate the policy's implementation throughout the public school system.

A man puts on a tefillin in Washington Square Park in Manhattan on June 19, 2026 in New York City. Tefillin are a Jewish traditional ritual object, believed to be an approximately 2000 year old tradition.
People watch Macy's Fourth of July fireworks as the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, from a ship at Brooklyn Bridge Marina, in New York City, US, July 4, 2026

Coast Guard removes environmentalist ship from US 250th anniversary parade over political banners

Scribe Nadav Elhadad writes a Torah scroll at Safed’s Mount Sinai Institute, in Feb.

Shavuot and Mount Sinai: Why modern Jews still wrestle with the Torah

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system


An interview gone off course

Either way, both parties stepped on every mine and booby trap that crossed their way and the rest of the interview proceeded like a dialogue between the deaf.

Naftali Bennet at Haaretz Peace Conference

High Court rules TA shops can remain open on Shabbat

Haredi MKs vow legislative override.

The Sarona Food Market in Tel Aviv

Editorial: Freedom to love

Tying religion to the state invites the intervention of secular institutions, such as the Supreme Court or Knesset, to intervene in inherently religious matters.

At the ‘Between the Ideal and the Real: Challenges in Halacha and Sexuality Before and After the Wedding’ event in Katamon’s Ramban Synagogue

US Reform leaders condemn body searches of women at Western Wall

The body searches were described as “belittling in the extreme” and “humiliating.”

Members of "Women of the Wall" pray with a Torah scroll during a monthly prayer near the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City July 24, 2017

MKs censure Ministry of Interior's attack on religious-Zionist community

While attacking the religious-Zionist community, the minister took particular aim at the Tzohar rabbinical association which has gained great popularity with traditional and secular Israelis

Aryeh Deri

Senior officials: Progressive Jewish movements endangered Kotel plan

Government figures have hit back at the torrent of condemnation it has faced over the cancellation of the Western Wall agreement.

Youth hold their prayer shawls as they stand in front of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayers site in Jerusalem's Old City May 17, 2017.

3 famous faces who have struggled with Jewish conversion

As a contentious debate over conversion recognition flares, take a look at some high-profile converts who have struggled with the policies of the ultra-Orthodox Chief Rabbinate.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.

Separating religion and state

We must separate Halacha from politics and return the power to the people.

Haredi political rally in Bnei Brak, March 11, 2015

True or False: Heaven is for REAL.

A platform for Jerusalem Post readers to share their thoughts on religion, life, culture, and more.

Sky heaven illustrative

You are not free to forfeit your freedom!

This week's parashat hashavua.

A stork walks in a field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in the South last month