Freedom of religion in israel

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

The draft constitution also called for the "right of return" for refugees, caring for families of "martyrs, prisoners, and exiles," and reaffirming the PLO's position as representing Palestinians.

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.
SIMCHAT TORAH at the Gush Etzion junction.

Simchat Torah: Divine fire and national legacy

 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


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

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