Torah

What South Park and Dante get wrong about the Hebrew Bible’s Hell - study

A new academic essay argues that the fiery underworld familiar from Dante, TV, and pop culture replaced the Hebrew Bible’s older, quieter idea of Sheol.

APRIL 26, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Dante and Virgil in the Second Circle of Hell, 1823. Found in the Collection of Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen. Artist Koch, Joseph Anton (1768-1839).

Hillel was not asking for perfect emotion.

Love isn’t enough: Faith in humanity through the lens of the Torah

In a fractured world, Torah reminds us through Akiva, Hillel and Ben Azzai that every person carries dignity, meaning and divine image.

APRIL 26, 2026|ByMOSHE TARAGIN

Israeli soldiers guard near stickers of victims killed in the October 7 massacre and ongoing Iron Swords War at the Bental water reservoir near Kibbutz Merom Golan, in the Golan Heights, October 7, 2025.

Israel must break free from the dangerous status quo - opinion

What once felt like stability in Israel is now revealed as dangerous inertia with real costs across security, society, and faith.

APRIL 25, 2026|ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN

That mission is rooted in the fusion of the sacred and the everyday.

Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: The promise of permanence

The covenant endures. The people have returned. And, as the Malbim teaches, we shall never again be cast out.

APRIL 24, 2026|ByMICHAEL FREUND

Trump will go down as one of the Jewish people's greatest friends - opinion

With Israel’s future on the line, Trump’s support has reshaped the conflict with Iran in ways no previous president has.

MARCH 14, 2026BySTEWART WEISS

People walk by a billboard commissioned by an evangelical group, which displays a picture of U.S. President Donald Trump with the words "Thank you God & Donald Trump", amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 12, 2026.

Shabbat Hachodesh: A time to cleanse and begin again

Shabbat Hachodesh reminds us that national rebirth is not only a matter of borders, armies, and institutions. It is also a matter of values.

MARCH 14, 2026ByMICHAEL FREUND

Ezekiel teaches that a true beginning requires cleansing.

Your Investments: The smart way to handle an inheritance portfolio

"Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother." - Susan B. Anthony

MARCH 13, 2026ByAARON KATSMAN

SUSAN B. ANTHONY was an American social reformer and women’s rights activist between 1900 and 1906.

Parashat Vayakhel: A ‘kahal’ at war

As Israel faces its greatest challenges, the lessons of Vayakhel remind us of the power of unity in times of crisis.

MARCH 13, 2026ByMOSHE TARAGIN

ISRAELIS TEND to experience their identity more as members of a nation than as members of local congregations. Pictured: Celebrating Israel’s 77th Independence Day in central Jerusalem, May 1, 2025.

Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei: Wisdom of the wise

“Give to the wise, and he will become yet wiser.”

MARCH 13, 2026ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Argentina's Milei says 'proud to be the most Zionist president in the world' at Yeshiva University

"Hoppe is bothered that I am a strong supporter of Israel," Milei told the audience.

MARCH 10, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Argentinian President Javier Milei addresses and Audience at Yeshiva University on March 9, 2026.

Purification by fire: The red heifer and Iran

The struggle against the Iranian regime is not simply another round in an endless regional rivalry. It is a confrontation with a force that has sown instability and death for decades.

MARCH 7, 2026ByMICHAEL FREUND