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A Dutch police officer stands guard. March 30, 2024.

Dutch rabbi considers appeal of dropping of charges against alleged attacker

By MICHAEL STARR

A pro-Israeli counter protestor holds up a sign as demonstrators gather outside of Columbia University to demand a ceasefire and the end of Israeli attacks on Gaza, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, during a protest in New York, U.S.April 20, 2024

Rabbi to Jewish Columbia students amid rallies: Campus not safe, go home

By MICHAEL STARR

FOR 163 days, Rabbi Doron Perez and his family campaigned for the release of Daniel, until it was confirmed that he fell in battle on Oct. 7.

Daniel Perez: Yad Binyamin's favorite son, killed on Oct. 7

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

Families of the hostages held in Gaza call for new elections, March 30, 2024.

Minister Porush implores UN envoy to deliver matzah and wine to hostages in Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Rabbi Stav

Wartime Passover: Rabbi Stav on celebrating liberation while Hamas holds hostages

Arye Deri and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, attend a Shas Party faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 23, 2023.

Mayors demand that gov't drop plan to take over appointments of city rabbis

By ELIAV BREUER

Rabbi Shlomo Aviner (1/9/2019)

Israeli rabbi: Burying non-Jewish war casualties is a religious duty

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An illustrative image of an ultra-Orthodox Jew reading the news.

Rabbi, what do you surf? How ultra-Orthodox Jews use the news, Internet

By YOEL COHEN

Rabbi Yael Vurgan

When Hamas attacked on October 7, three female rabbis responded

By SHULA KOPF

Princess of Wales Kate Middleton, is seen at The Mall opposite to Marlborough road, following Britain's King Charles' coronation ceremony, in London, Britain May 6, 2023.

Rabbi says you can pray for Kate Middleton's health despite her not being Jewish

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A vending machine that sells protective masks is seen in a shopping centre, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ilford, London, Britain July 29, 2020.

American synagogue debuts vending machine with 'everyday Jewish' items

By Kayla Mutchler/The Hour/TNS

Harry Houdini around 1907

Houdini: The rabbi's son who mesmerized the world

By ALEX WINSTON

Elai Berger, brother of kidnapped IDF soldier Agam Berger, is also seen here celebrating his bar mitzvah.

Rabbi who lost son in Gaza: 'Hamas wanted to destroy us, but they strengthened us'

By Sivan Rahav Meir

The Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives

Rabbis call for convert killed by IDF to be buried in a Jewish cemetery

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau attends a ceremony of the Israeli police for the Jewish new year at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem on September 5, 2021.

Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi hints criticism towards Sephardic counterpart on 'exodus' of haredi Jews

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Rabbi Yisroel Goldberg.

Rabbi Yisroel Goldberg: Jerusalem's Chabad rabbi behind the Purim Azza zaza

RABBI ARYEH Levin (R) in 1965. He was known as ‘Father of the Prisoners’ because of his frequent visits to imprisoned members of the Jewish underground.

'Goodness and Mercy Shall Follow Me': A story of Zionists, scholars

By MARTIN LOCKSHIN

A poster illustrating the chained marriage of Rivka, 41, who has been refused divorce by her husband for 17 years, February 25, 2021.

Prominent US Rabbi: Sex strike against divorce refusal 'destructive'

By MICHAEL STARR