Judaism

Israel Police loosen Temple Mount prayer restrictions for Jewish visitors

Under the new policy, Jewish visitors may enter the site with a single prayer page, provided it is prepared in advance and distributed at the entrance by the Temple Mount Yeshiva.

View of the Temple Mount (Al Aqsa mosque) in Jerusalem's Old City, November 19, 2025.
AI-generated hasidic figure known as Rabbi Menachem Goldberg on TikTok

AI-generated 'rabbi' draws thousands of followers online, raising transparency concerns

Jewish and Muslim delegations meet at Great Mosque in Stockholm.

Sweden’s Jewish leaders gift Muslim community al-Aqsa Quran in act of solidarity

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during the a campaign kickoff rally earlier this month.

Yes, they really asked Josh Shapiro if he’s an Israeli spy - comment


Editor's Notes: Future of Jewish Diaspora should follow spirit of 'October 8 Jewry'

For world Jewry, October 7, 2023, was that violent intrusion. The worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. What followed on October 8 was something nobody predicted: a mass awakening.

‘WHAT ARE the effects, in Israel, in the US, and the rest of the world, of the perceived opinions of American Jewry?’

'The struggle that Israel faces is increasingly the battle for hearts and minds of the world'

Opening the Jerusalem Post Miami Summit, Rabbi Zalman Lipskar honored his father’s vision while calling on world Jewry to embrace pride, responsibility, and partnership with Israel.

Rabbi Zalman Lipsker, Rabbi and spirtual leader of the Shul

The war in Israel is in a lull, but Jewish soldiers are still fighting in Ukraine

Chernetsky says he continued fighting so that no one would say that Jews didn't fight.

One of the Jewish soldiers fighting in Ukraine.

Conservative Judaism’s new line on intermarriage is a great start. What comes next is key - opinion

Belonging is not declared. It is rebuilt and demonstrated, slowly, through consistency, humility, and courage. If the movement is willing to do that work, genuine repair is possible.

  Conservative Judaism has been trying to chart a middle path between Jewish tradition and acceptance of the reality of interfaith families.

Zionism built on shared responsibility, not ideological conformity - opinion

Zionism thrives when it aligns with the Jews who are willing to carry it forward and not on nostalgic ideals.

Zionist youth congress in Budapest.

For 250 years, American Jews have answered prejudice with defiance - opinion

The Charlestown “true-hearted Israelite” offers an enduring lesson for the 250th: when prejudice is spoken, and you have the power to answer, you answer.

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina, March 1938.

From the Nuremberg Laws to BDS: The return of antisemitic exclusion - opinion

BDS is not a protest movement but a revival of historic antisemitic boycotts, targeting Jewish identity, culture, and ultimately Israel’s right to exist.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators carry a banner during a protest against the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship in the port of Piraeus near Athens, Greece, June 12, 2025.

Women at the threshold of Redemption: From Pharaoh's Egypt to the post-October 7 reality - opinion

The message is unmistakable: Moral courage, not submission, is what sustains holiness.

A woman shouts at a protest ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Rome, Italy, last year.

'Persia will fall': Rabbis cite ancient texts as Iran’s crisis deepens

A senior Israeli rabbi published a biblical-style prayer calling for the downfall of Iran’s clerical regime.

People take part in a rally in solidarity with protesters in Iran, on January 11, 2026 in London, England.

The return of the lost Jews - and the ‘great shofar’

'On that day, a great shofar shall be sounded, and those lost in the land of Assyria and those who were cast off in the land of Egypt shall come, and they shall bow to the Lord in Jerusalem.'

Shofarim. Illustrative.