Religion

As the 20 living hostages return, faith plays a pivotal role in their survival and reunion. From prayers in captivity to blessings on release, spirituality shaped their journey home.

Sukkot reminds us that the sukkah stands only because each beam supports the others.

Increasingly, Israelis are forgoing the religious-secular binary. Instead, many are locating themselves along a continuum.

The Waterville Jewish community and the Center for Small Town Jewish Life have chosen a unique response to this moment of increased Jewish vulnerability and alienation.

Spiritual critiques are coming mostly from liberal Zionist thinkers and rabbis from the non-Orthodox denominations, who ask themselves, "Are we going to be able to defend Judaism?"

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Islamic law is founded on bringing benefit and preventing harm.

According to the study, roughly one in four university students became more religious, while one in three described themselves as more spiritual.

Understanding the Torah in ways that ‘make sense to the modern mind,’ to ‘facilitate a deeper connection with our traditions and our Creator.’

Faith and feelings of transcendence, after all, are older than institutions, a deep part of our evolution that existed before priests built temples.