Freedom of religion in israel

Simchat Torah: Divine fire and national legacy

Should Torah exist apart from society or be fully integrated within it?

SIMCHAT TORAH at the Gush Etzion junction.
 Muslims pray on the first Friday of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in Jerusalem's Old City, March 7, 2025

Police on guard as tens of thousands of Muslims hold Ramadan prayers on Temple Mount

 A WOMAN walks in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City. The Armenians in Jerusalem are one of the smallest and most vulnerable communities; they are neither Palestinian nor Israeli and have no interest in being dragged into the ongoing conflict, says the writer.

Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter under threat: Urgent call for protection - opinion

 NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir walks near the Western Wall, after visiting the temple Mount on Tisha B’Av, earlier this month.

US criticizes Ben Gvir's Temple Mount visit, sparking debate on Jewish prayer rights - opinion


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

Columnist can’t find ‘apartheid’ in Israel

Jews, Muslims, Christians living in freedom in the Holy Land, FrontPage's Joseph Puder writes.

Mirvat, a second grade school girl, practices her oud at the Hand in Hand Arab Jewish bilingual school in Jerusalem.

In search of religious leadership

The toxic combination of religion and politics in Israel has led to a broad estrangement of Israelis from the state institutions of religion.

Prayer at Western Wall

High Court rules to allow Tel Aviv stores to remain open on Shabbat

The ruling comes more than three years after the Tel Aviv municipal authority first approved a new bylaw legalizing the opening of such stores.

Cofix’s new grocery store

A Passover Swim with Big Fish in the Jerusalem Pool and Beyond

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