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URI BLUFARB and Nur Fibak in ‘Pink Lady.’

'Pink Lady': A heartfelt drama explores love, identity in an ultra-Orthodox world

By HANNAH BROWN

American Jews marching in New York with Israeli flags. How can we bridge the divide between Israel and the Diaspora?

Nearly a quarter of Americans raised Jewish have left the religion, survey says

By Grace Gilson/JTA

People visit the burial site of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, on the outskirts of Beirut

Brown U. assistant prof. deported, had photos 'sympathetic' to Hezbollah on phone, US says

Buses carrying senior figures from the Syrian Druze community welcomed by members of the Druze community in Israel, March 14, 2025

One wounded in gathering held by Syrian Druze sheikhs at Tiberias shrine during historic visit

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

‘Esther and Mordechai Writing the First Purim Letter’ by Aert de Gelder, c. 1685

Purim: Asking without logic

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

An illustration of a cardboard box with 'this end up' and two arrows pointing downwards.

When the world turns upside down, rabbis can help us keep our heads on straight

By RABBI SHIRA KOCH EPSTEIN/JTA

High Court of Justice May 3, 2020

City residents to be able to choose local rabbis in reversal of regulations

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Muslims pray on the first Friday of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in Jerusalem's Old City, March 7, 2025

Tens of thousands of Muslims hold Ramadan prayers on Temple Mount

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Rabbi David Kalb, center, leads a crowd of Jewish Deadheads in prayer at Citi Field's Jackie Robinson Rotunda on June 21, 2023.

Most American Jews say they rarely or never pray, new poll finds

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

Soldiers of the IDF’s new religious platoon during a ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Religious women enlist in IDF combat roles, forming unique platoon

SATMAR REBBE Aaron Teitelbaum attends a Lag Ba’omer celebration in Kiryas Joel, New York, in 2016. ‘Every Jew is a Zionist, depending on their orientation; it’s just a question of how they manifest their Zionism,’ said Rabbi Efrem Goldberg.

Can Zionism bridge its religious-secular divide?

By URI PILICHOWSKI

An illustrative photo of religious books.

Let's talk about God: Why studying religion helps understand conflict

By Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump takes the oath of office at the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington on January 20. In his inauguration speech, Trump declared: ‘My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker.’

The wall Trump wants to tear down isn’t on the border: The fight over church and state

By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

Start of school year, Poland.

Polish bishops declare new education regulation on religion classes unlawful

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A MAN proudly holds up an Israeli flag in support of the Jewish state outside the White House in May, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

'Following Similar Paths': A look at what American Jews, Muslims can learn from each other

Rabbi Yigal Levinstein delivers a lesson while activists protest against him outside an apartment building in Tel Aviv, on September 19, 2023.

Can secular Israel survive as the country marches into an extreme Messianic Age?

By PAMELA PELED

The International Bay Conference on Regionality. December 16, 2024.

Regional interfaith conference in Haifa aims at building bridges between religions

By ELLIE ESQUENAZI

A woman casts a shadow as she walks past a banner calling for the release of the hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 5, 2024.

News isn't just protests and Knesset shenanigans; it's the everyday things, too

By Sivan Rahav Meir