Religion

High Court empowers anti-Zionists at Judaism’s holiest site - opinion

While Israeli soldiers fight for their lives, the High Court grants the Reform movement's extremists a foothold at the Western Wall, undermining Israel.

|ByAMICHAI ELIYAHU
A FAMILY prays at the section of the Kotel designated for non-Orthodox worship.
A general view of Jerusalem's Old City shows the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the foreground and the Dome of the Rock, located on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in the background June 24, 2019

It's time for the Western Wall to be a home for every Jew - opinion

The Western Wall belongs to every Jew, and it’s time Israel honors equality, pluralism, and shared heritage.

|ByYOCHI RAPPEPORT
A Jewish woman covered in a white prayer shawl prays in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Jewish holiday of Passover, April 2, 2018

Israel must advance permits for egalitarian Western Wall plaza, High Court orders

The ruling followed a hearing earlier last week, during which justices pressed state and municipal representatives over why worshippers at the egalitarian section still cannot reach the Wall.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
At first glance, it reads like an architectural blueprint rather than sacred literature.

Jewish return to Temple Mount brings renewed memory and hope - opinion

Jews are returning to the Temple Mount, reconnecting prayer, memory, and faith in the place their hearts have longed for.

|ByMICHAEL FREUND

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JULY 25, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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JULY 18, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Don’t ban the burka in Denmark - opinion

Burka bans force the withdrawal of Muslim women from public life rather than helping them.

JULY 14, 2025ByMIRIAM HAART
PRIME MINISTER Mette Frederiksen takes part in a news conference on the occasion of Denmark taking over the EU presidency earlier this month. Niqabs ‘are used as mechanisms of oppression toward girls,’ she argues.

'Messianic’: A slur, or Jewish birthright? - opinion

Throwing the word “messianic” around reduces complex ideas to caricature and avoids the real questions those ideas raise.

JULY 13, 2025ByDEBORAH DANINO
FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich, chairman of the Religious Zionist Party, addresses his party’s faction in the Knesset last week. He is dismissed as ‘messianic’ not just for his policies, but also a worldview he represents, says the writer.

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Liturgical vestments and diaconal ministry: Role in the liturgy

JULY 10, 2025ByHANNAH SCHWARTZ

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Three cartoonists arrested in Turkey over alleged Prophet Muhammad drawing

LeMan, one of Turkey’s oldest satirical publications, has continued to operate despite a wave of shutdowns targeting media critical of Turkish President Erdogan.

JULY 1, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Placards are burned during a protest against the publications of a cartoon of Prophet Mohammad in France media and President Emmanuel Macron's comments, in Istanbul, Turkey October 30, 2020.

Dalai Lama set to reveal succession plan as China watches

The current Dalai Lama will turn 90 on Sunday and said he would consult senior monks to share possible clues on where his successor could be found.

JUNE 30, 2025ByREUTERS
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, offers blessings to his followers at his Himalayan residence in the northern hill town of Dharamshala, India, December 20, 2024.

Finding God in the foxhole? Netanyahu reveals spiritual side in midst of Iran war - analysis

Some critics say Netanyahu's religiousness is tactical. However, if Netanyahu wanted to use faith for political gain, he has had many opportunities to do so, but he never did.

JUNE 23, 2025ByHERB KEINON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement at the Weizmann Institute of Science, which was hit by an Iranian missile barrage, in the central city of Rehovot, Israel, June 20, 2025