Society

Jerusalem daycare tragedy: When ideology blocks oversight, babies pay the price - opinion

Two infants died in an unregulated Jerusalem daycare, exposing failed law enforcement, budget cuts, and deep cultural divides over accountability and prevention.

An Israeli police officer holds a bag containing food items that are suspected to have poisoned dozens of toddlers in Jerusalem. January 19, 2026.
Amanda Seyfried attends the fifth annual Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles, California, October 18, 2025; illustrative.

Amanda Seyfried learns about Shaker founder for film ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’

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The guide to new connections after 60: how to make friends in later life

Site BP 784, relics of a hut with an annex from the Middle Ages.

Ancient Sudan burial site reveals 4,000-year-old funeral ritual in forgotten Nubian kingdom


We must learn to consider narratives opposed to our world view - opinion

A senior executive of an NGO praised The Jerusalem Post and said it wasn't a serious paper within minutes in response to two separate articles.

 Young Jewish men hold Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City on Jerusalem Day on Sunday.

Philanthropist David Dangoor: Understanding social tapestry benefits Israel

British philanthropist David Dangoor: ‘The more Israelis understand their social tapestry, the better the benefit for all of us and for Israel.’

 British philanthropist David Dangoor at the Jerusalem Post London Conference.

Suffering from dysmorphia of the social body - opinion

Disagreements have become so toxic, they feel like a real disease.

 DYSMORPHIA: ‘FALSELY believing there is something wrong with the size or shape of the individual’s body.’

The economy, like society, is becoming too polarized - opinion

“We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.” – Ambrose Bierce

Men walking near screens showing falling stocks at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in the center of Tel Aviv, December 23, 2018.

Why Zaina Gohou Believes Education is of Paramount Importance to Society


Society will be driven by choice, not environmentalism

In the end, people will perform good actions on behalf of others out of choice, not out of the predeterminism dictated by environmentalism.

 A portrait of Thomas Paine by Laurent Dabos, National Portrait Gallery, circa 1792.

COVID, economy progresses under Biden, but disunion haunts US on birthday

More than five months into Joe Biden's presidency, the United States has changed in multiple ways.

A WOMAN wears a patriotic mask at Gantry Plaza State Park in New York in honor of July 4th.

Pandemic anxiety worsened socio-political divisions in Israel, US - study

The study found that people with higher levels of anxiety also had higher levels of mistrust and hostility towards those they disagreed with politically.

Riot police utilize pepper spray on protesters as demonstrations continue after a white police officer was caught on a bystander's video pressing his knee into the neck of African-American man George Floyd, who later died at a hospital, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., May 28, 2020.

Three Ladies, Three Lattes: Baseless hatred or lousy leaders?

In these dark days for Israel, the tragedy at Mt. Meron seems so many disasters away already. How do you three ladies feel about what happened there and how it has been dealt with by the government?

OBSERVING THE day of mourning at a Mount Meron synagogue, May 2, 2021

Can baking bread teach us about society?

Most people do not regard bakers as philosophers but the principles of baking bread teach us much about building a viable, stable and moral society.

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