Spirituality

Female rabbi on healing Israel: Authority means service, not power - opinion

A woman rabbi in Israel reflects on leadership, feminism, and spiritual responsibility in a wounded nation

FEBRUARY 24, 2026|ByRABBI TALIA AVNON-BENVENISTE

Six new Israeli Reform rabbis, all women, were ordained last year at the Hebrew Union College Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem.

Terror down under: Why terrorists pick Jewish holidays for antisemitic attacks - opinion

The shape of the menorah – and of the hanukkiah – teaches us that while we all may be diverse branches, we derive from a common base, and are all guided by a light from above.

DECEMBER 21, 2025|BySTEWART WEISS

Neanderthal communities in prehistoric Europe. How were they linked? (Illustrative)

Neanderthals were selectively targeted for cannibalism in Ice Age Europe, study reveals - study

Research focused on human remains found at the Troisième caverne of Goyet, a cave site in present-day Belgium that contains one of the largest known assemblages of Neanderthal bones in northern EU.

DECEMBER 10, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Former hostage Bar Kupershtein and dozens of Jewish men lay tefillin at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, October 31, 2025.

Israel’s ‘thirsty souls’: Why we should welcome Jews experiencing a spiritual renaissance - opinion

Don’t wait for people to find their way alone. Reach out your hand. Open your home. Share your Shabbat table. Offer to accompany someone to Jerusalem who has never been there.

NOVEMBER 22, 2025|ByJAMIE GELLER

Peruvian archaeologists unearth 500-year-old Inca ceremonial bath

The "finely carved" bath averages some two-meters in depth, with independent pools and spillways and a central passage taking water into a drainage duct.

APRIL 15, 2023ByREUTERS

Archaeologists work in the remains of an ancient ceremonial Inca bathroom, discovered in a sector known as Inkawasi (House of the Inca), at the archaeological site Huanuco Pampa, in Huanuco, Peru April 5, 2023.

The life-changing magic of washing your hands (on Passover)

One element of the washing is called “shifshuf yadayim,” which literally means “rubbing the hands,” and is initially described in the Tosefta (Yadaim 1:2), a 2nd-century CE compilation of Torah law.

APRIL 4, 2023ByDANIEL BRENNER / JTA

‘WE’VE ALL heard that we need to wash our hands to help hamper the spread of coronavirus, but the exact precautionary measures can be confusing at best and conflicting at worst.’

A Hothouse of Torah and Kindness: Shuva Israel’s New Yeshiva in Vienna

MARCH 9, 2023ByMARK FISH

Intense ‘devekut’: The goal of the Jewish mystic

The term devekut is often rendered in English as “cleaving.” Alas, using an English term that is not part of common speech hardly clarifies the experience being described.

JANUARY 21, 2023ByLEVI COOPER

ABSORBED BY their ‘devekut’-filled prayer, they did not see the mayor and his party approach the ark. (Pictured: an ark in an Efrat synagogue)

Astrologers explain the most annoying zodiac sign personalities

Everyone has annoying traits - but some people are impossible to be around. These are the most annoying zodiac signs according to astrology experts.

DECEMBER 28, 2022ByWALLA!

A rising tide: No need to diminish ourselves to let others shine

When we light the shamash and use it to light the others, we realize that we see an increase in light, not the diminishment from the original shamash.

DECEMBER 22, 2022ByRACHEL AIN