God

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

The debate over Torah from Sinai may depend less on proof than on the condition of the soul.

Scribe Nadav Elhadad writes a Torah scroll at Safed’s Mount Sinai Institute, in Feb.
Judaism seeks to bridge the divide between spiritual and physical.

Shavuot 2026: The festival's Jewish mission to elevate the world

EDUARD SHYFRIN, author, scientist, and musician.

Eduard Shyfrin introduces a first-ever systematic theory of Kabbalah for the modern era

This X/Twitter screenshot shows an alleged incident where an IDF soldier is seen smashing a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon on April 19, 2026.

When faith is desecrated in Jerusalem, silence is complicity - opinion


Heaven sent: Is Lebanon's earthquake a testament to divine protection? - opinion

Hezbollah's underground ambitions may now lie buried, turned to ashes before they had any chance to harm us. 

 Cracked earth

Want the solution to mental anguish? Try prayer - opinion

In times of threat and challenge, the value of prayer emerges as a multifaceted tool, offering solace, unity, and a pathway to mental peace.

 A religious Orthodox Israeli Jew in a prayer shawl (tallit) is seen praying while keeping a smartphone in front of him.

Bill Maher’s misstep on faith and commentary - opinion

As a Bill Maher fan, I respect his truth-seeking, but his recent monologue on the Trump assassination attempt and religious language missed the mark.

 BILL MAHER arrives at the ‘Vanity Fair’ party during the 94th Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, California, in 2022. What we can all agree on is that we can’t explain how the world works, says the writer.

'Making sense of God' through Norman Solomon's new book - review

Solomon’s aim is not to indoctrinate or convert but rather to provoke thought and stimulate discussion.

 A man stands under the starry sky (Illustrative)

Parashat Balak: Can God be bribed?

What does God require of us? He demands – and this is a firm demand, not a polite request – that we be good: to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with our God.

 DID THE people of Israel have any real reason to fear Balaam’s curse?

Is God an antisemite? - opinion

Since there is no good reason not to like us, is God’s disfavor toward the Jews something akin to the United Nations or the European Union, which just despise us irrationally?

 An Israeli soldier stands during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, at an installation at the site of the Nova festival where party goers were killed and kidnapped during the October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists from Gaza, in Reim, southern Israel, May 6, 2024.

Letters to the Editor, June 23, 2024: Look in the mirror

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Playing God: Judaism and the idea of randomness

God isn’t arbitrary and doesn’t abandon His world to chance.

 WE STILL labor in a world in which cause and effect are veiled.

Searching for truth: Rabbi Akiva and Turnus Rufus in dialogue

We are sent on our individual journeys from the moment we are born, seeking simultaneous distance and closeness with family, community, and God as we make the choices that shape who we are.

 OFTEN, TURNUS Rufus asked clever questions. Pictured: Monumental question mark in Milton Keynes, UK, 1975.

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