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


Celebrating Jerusalem’s sacredness

A multidisciplinary festival attempts to answer the question of whether a city based on diverse spiritual and religious values can create a civil society in which these differences are set aside.

Mekudeshet festival goers participate in a meeting called ‘A Shared House of Prayer for All Believers’

Deri: non-Orthodox Jewish streams not Judaism

Shas chairman questions why Reform, Conservatives have no attachment to Western Wall. Comments termed “ugly and crass” by Reform leader.

Women of the Wall celebrating Rosh Chodesh Elul.

November 4: Readers react to this week’s incident at Kotel

Should formal, non-Halachic forms of Jewish worship be permitted in the same space and in the presence of Orthodox worshipers?

Letters

This Normal Life: Lowest common denominator

"Our children can’t (or won’t) marry each other, we don’t eat in each other’s homes and we fight repeatedly to preserve a long irrelevant status quo."

Jerusalem street

Over 850 volunteers to conduct Yom Kippur services in secular communities

The male volunteers lead the services, and at least ten are sent to every community to ensure there is a minyan.

Kibbutznikim and religious volunteers dance and celebrate at the end of Yom Kippur at Kibbutz Ortal last year

High Court should deal with traffic violations not Jewish law, says Sephardi chief rabbi

Yitzhak Yosef: It’s a shame judges are involving themselves with Halacha.

Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef at the Western Wall

Activists march in Jerusalem to demand better treatment of livestock

Organizer: It’s time to think about the relationship between humans and animals.

ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS march by Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday.

How is Israel faring on issues of religion and state?

‘Metro’ takes a look back on how Israel has fared on key issues such as ‘mikvaot,’ Shabbat in the public sphere, conversions and marriage/ divorce – and the work still left to be done.

Batya Kahana Dror of Mavoi Satum

Chief Rabbi Lau in opposition to Chief Rabbi Yosef policy on US converts recognition

A 2008 agreement stating that conversions approved by the the Beth Din of America would be recognized as valid in Israel, but the compromise has been slowly unraveling ever since.

Chief Rabbis Yitzhak Yosef and David Lau

Sinat Hinam on Rosh Hodesh Av

The Jerusalem Post