God

The 11th commandment: Choose it or lose it - opinion

Embracing life in Israel is a spiritual mitzvah that connects Jews to God, their history, and religion.

 ‘I want to suggest an unwritten 11th commandment: To live in the Land of Israel.’
Smoke rises after Israeli strikes in Gaza City, September 14, 2025.

Gaza’s real reconstruction problem isn’t concrete, it’s culture - opinion

An illustrative photograph of a man wearing tefillin

When prayer is weaponized: Preserving faith’s sincerity in a politicized world - opinion

 Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Jerusalem Orthodox churches don’t represent all Christians - opinion


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.

This day of communal Kaddish, enacted after the Holocaust, is just right for this moment

This prayer put in the mouth of the mourner begs God to speed the day when God is, in fact, great and holy.

 A MEMORIAL candle is lit for a deceased loved one.

Hanukkah, Hamas: Wars against ungodly ideas to restore belief in God - opinion

It is our historical responsibility to defeat these ungodly ideas and restore belief in a one, all-powerful, and merciful God who crafted us in His image and desires our well-being. 

 RELEGATED TO a display: At the British Museum, sculptures from the Parthenon, the temple on Athens’ Acropolis that stood as a Greek monument to democracy.

Judicial reform split Israel apart, Hamas's attack helped us find God - opinion

In the midst of turmoil after Hamas's attack, a remarkable transformation occurred: We found God. The Jewish identity, often taken for granted, became a unifying force.

 REUNITED: THE writer with husband, Yossi.