Religion

The high price of not listening: What Pharaoh teaches us about power and humility

Pharaoh ignored every warning until his nation collapsed. His mistake isn’t ancient, it’s painfully familiar today.

|ByMOSHE TARAGIN
Statue of a mans head wearing headphones.
Zionist youth congress in Budapest.

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.

|ByJONATHAN GUTTENTAG
The Israeli TV host Ofira Asayag is secular but lit Shabbat candles on air in 2024, during the Israel Hamas war reflecting a trend among Israelis.

From pop stars to tefillin pop-ups, Oct. 7 changed how some Israelis practice Judaism

The spiritual jolt of those first weeks has not fully faded, and increased religious practice has become part of the country’s daily rhythm.

|ByDEBORAH DANAN/JTA
Opposition head Yair Lapid arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court on a petition against the transfer of funds to ultra-Orthodox educational institutions, January 8, 2026

Knesset stole billions from Israelis to fund haredi schools, Lapid claims

“The money was transferred to schools that do not teach the core curriculum, that are subject to no oversight of any kind, in violation of the law,” Lapid said.

|ByKESHET NEEV

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AUGUST 1, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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ChatGPT gave instructions for devil worship, self-harm, and murder - The Atlantic

The chatbot instructed The Atlantic journalists, who were investigating a tip, to carve sigils on their pubic bones and invoke Satan.

JULY 29, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A burning pentagram is pictured during the "Misa Negra" (Black Mass), a ritual that has drawn controversy for its associations with black magic and Satanism-related practices, while also becoming a cultural and tourist attraction, in Catemaco, Veracruz state, Mexico, March 7, 2025.

Monks in Thailand dismissed after their darkest secret was revealed

A police operation at Thai temples uncovered a shocking affair when four monks were found positive for hard drugs. The monks admitted to using the illegal substances and claimed unusual reasons.

JULY 28, 2025ByNEWS AGENCIES/MAARIV
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Tisha B'av, connection to Jerusalem, proves Jews are not 'settler-colonialists' - opinion

We cannot colonize a land that God promised to Abraham 3,800 years ago. We cannot colonize a land in which Jews have lived for four millennia.

JULY 26, 2025ByDAVID GOLINKIN
A DEPICTION OF Jews praying and mourn at the Western Wall on Tisha B’Av circa 1880.

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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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JULY 11, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Liturgical vestments and diaconal ministry: Role in the liturgy

JULY 10, 2025ByHANNAH SCHWARTZ