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Zionism's narrow definition hurts American Jews' connection to Israel - opinion

Most Jews have little trouble simultaneously affirming care and concern for Israel and Israelis and opposing Israeli policies, including the extended war in Gaza.

American and Israeli Jews [Illustrative]
Hanna Yaffe sings and plays guitar.

Building bridges through music: Hanna Yaffe’s life of faith and dialogue

Sari Kroizer.

After October 7, this haredi woman refuses to stand apart from Israeli society

A Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih damaged the home of the local Chabad rabbi and a nearby mikveh (ritual bath). January 29.

Russian strike hit home of Kryvyi Rih Chabad rabbi, mikveh damaged


Owens blames Israeli rabbi for ‘paying pastors’ to denounce her and Tucker Carlson

After the claim went viral, Rabbi Kenneth Brander, president of Ohr Torah Stone, an organization Rabbi Shlomo Riskin founded, denied the allegation.

 Conservative political commentator Candace Owens speaks during an event held by national conservative political movement 'Turning Point', in Detroit, Michigan, US, June, 14, 2024.

Jewish religious leaders' unsettling words disregard Israel's foundational narratives - opinion

We must be exceptionally delicate in our speech, careful to uphold moral integrity, and even more so, to avoid clouding or distorting our historical narratives.

 Jewish yeshiva students study at the Atert Shlomo Yeshiva, in Rishon Lezion, June 11, 2025

Did a mystic rabbi foresee Israel’s Iran strike eight years ago?

The 2017 video shows Ben Artzi telling congregants that if Israel chose to bomb Tehran’s reactors “no trace will remain” of the plants and that the Israel Defense Forces would emerge unscathed

 Rabbi Nir Ben Artzi and fire of Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot is seen following the Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025

From Brit Milah to blood tests: notes from a split-screen life - opinion

This is what Jewish life looks like. It’s loud and layered. It’s WhatsApp and weddings. It’s birth announcements alongside battle briefings. It’s holding pain and joy in the same hand.

 NEW IMMIGRANTS are welcomed at Ben-Gurion airport, last year. Since October 7, 2023, over 43,000 people have made aliyah, the writer reports.

Rabbi from the South allegedly committed sexual offenses against women seeking his guidance

The accused rabbi's lawyer denies all accusations against his client.

 A WOMAN seeking divorce in a ‘beit din’ was the sole female in the room until the advent of ‘toanot.’ (Illustrative)

Period between Passover, Shavuot a time of education and contemplation - opinion

Despite the plethora of high-level Torah-lectures on the holiday, I am inclined these days to study on Shavuot with my husband or friends.

 RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN dances with a new Torah in the Cave of the Patriarchs, 2018. The scroll was dedicated in memory of IDF Golani officer David Golbunacz, who had been killed in Hebron the previous year

A historic moment: UK's Liberal and Reform movements unify as Progressive Judaism

The CEOs of the two movements spoke to the Jerusalem Post about the journey to unification, and the 'profound optimism in deciding to work together.'

 Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky say a prayer for the formation of a new movement

'Articles of Faith': Faithful to tradition, open to complexity - book review

A recurring theme in Articles of Faith is the delicate balance between upholding rabbinic authority while acknowledging the realities of a post-modern, digitally saturated world.

 Learning in Jerusalem’s Midreshet Lindenbaum, 2018

Are you being gaslighted by your rabbi or therapist? Here's how to tell - explainer

Morning prayer: “Keep us far from an evil person and an evil companion.”

 Gaslighting is the deliberate attempt to gain control over others by making them doubt their very identity, feelings, and perceptions (illustrative)

What we forgot in the name of being right - opinion

We no longer speak across differences. We reduce people to positions. We defend our truth, but we no longer carry each other. The results aren’t abstract; they are real, visible, and dangerous.

 A protest in Tel Aviv last year: We defend our truth, but we no longer carry each other, the writer laments.