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Israeli organization's 'Secular House' opens in Thailand as non-religious alternative to Chabad

The 'Secular House' is the brainchild of the Free Secular Movement, an Israeli activist organization that promotes secularism and the separation of religion and state in Israel.

'Secular House' in Thailand, an Israeli activist organization.
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Ramat Hasharon to force mall to close on Shabbat after religious controversy

IDF SOLDIERS operating in the Gaza Strip.

Pareto vs the IDF: Does sociology determine army service? - opinion

Ultra orthodox jewish men protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, at the home of Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg in Alon Shvut, June 3, 2026.

Man attacked by haredi protesters outside Jerusalem police station after Sohlberg rioters arrested


Tel Aviv residents protest plans for new yeshiva in city center

A small community synagogue in central Tel Aviv is planned to turn into a 250-student yeshiva, and the local resident are not happy about it.

 A YESHIVA in Bnei Brak: The Greeks, during the Hellenistic period, decreed to uproot the law of the Torah from the life of the Jewish people.

Crohn's disease: An unexpected bridge between Israelis - opinion

When we see ourselves on the same side, with a common challenge, that common challenge builds ties that matter and last.

 ‘No one is exempt from this disease, in which the body turns on its own digestive system’

Zionists didn’t wait for the Messiah - opinion

To those who believed in waiting for the Messiah, they said we can return to Israel without a Messiah.

 GOD’S PROVIDENCE is perceived in Israel’s success. Former prime minister David Ben-Gurion said, ‘In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles… Life is more than blind forces.’

Can you have morals without religion?

Even without divine instructions, humans are expected to act upon basic moral instincts and their innate sense of right and wrong.

 Human beings are weak by nature (Illustrative).

Israel: A Jewish democracy or religious state? - opinion

The Israeli government should strike a balance between the demands made by the ultra-Orthodox sectors and the needs of Israeli citizens in general.

 BNEI BRAK: The combination of ultra-Orthodox large families who are unemployed, lack a regular income and the basic education required for knowledge and occupation, has led to extensive poverty among this sector, says the writer.

Majority of young Israelis fear for Israel's democracy - survey

A majority of Israeli youth and university graduates, both Jewish and Arab, responded that they feared for the future of Israel’s democracy.

 Israelis protest against head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, on October 29, 2022.

There's a missed chance to form new balance with haredim - opinion

On issues such as public transportation on Saturday the status quo will be preserved and prospects of introducing such transportation in secular regions, towns and cities will be thwarted.

 MK MOSHE Gafni (right) in deep discussion with fellow United Torah Judaism MK Yitzhak Goldknopf in the Knesset plenum last week.

In viral clip, French TV host asks Jewish guest why he wears a kippah in public

Though brief, the exchange illustrated the starkly different perspectives on religious expression in France, the United States and elsewhere in the western world.

A man wearing a yarmulke looks at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

A secular Jewish financial hero

From Birthright to new day schools, Michael Steinhardt’s activism changed Jewish America.

 Michael Steinhardt, hedge fund mogul and major financial backer of secular Jewish causes, at the Reuters Investment Summit in New York in 2008.

Beyond election tribes and tribulations -opinion

As a result of the endless election cycle in Israel, we have seen an increase in tension between different groups and the strengthening of the walls that separate them.

 VOTING TAKES place on Election Day, last week