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Prominent activists of the Haskalah, the intellectual movement that sought modernization of Jewish life (Illustrative).

Israel's path forward: Embracing the Jewish heritage of secularism

By Samuel J. Hyde

RELIGIOUS AND secular Jews gather on Tisha B’Av outside Independence Hall in Tel Aviv to hear the annual reading of Eicha, the Book of Lamentations, last year.

JPPI poll: October 7 brought secular Jews closer to Diaspora Jewry

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A soldier's prayer book and army-issued tzitzit are seen at a staging area near the border with Gaza, Nov. 15, 2023.

Despite disconnection from rabbinic authorities, Israelis still seek out spirituality

By Rabbi Kenneth Brander

Israeli teens march calling for unity during a time of deep division in Israel, June 19, 2024.

Youth united: Religious and secular teens march together calling for an end to polarization, hatred

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

PROBABLE PORTRAIT of Spinoza by Barend Graat, 1666

'Spinoza: Freedom’s Messiah': Paving the way for secular Jewish identity

By TIBOR KRAUSZ

An illustration of lit candles and in the background the Israeli flag on December 17, 2023

Is Israel a Jewish ghetto or Hebrew kingdom in our ancestral homeland? - opinion

By ITAMAR BEN-DAVID

SECULAR AND haredi mark and even celebrate an introspective Purim, this past Sunday.

Wartime Purim unity bridges secular-religious divides

By Tania Shalom Michaelian

HAREDI MEN protest outside the IDF recruiting office in Jerusalem.

Is secularism too seductive? Haredi youth should be allowed to serve in the IDF - opinion

A group of ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked traffic and the light rail in Jerusalem demonstrating against a Haredi draft into the IDF. February 26, 2024.

Secular unease at municipal elections results in Jerusalem, fear of change in city governance

By SIMCHA PASKO/THE MEDIA LINE

AN INSCRIPTION with an excerpt of Lord Allenby’s address at the dedication of the YMCA in Jerusalem in 1933 is on display at the entrance to the complex.

Tolerance and respect is key amid wartime municipal elections

By TOVA HERZL

WHEN QUESTIONED about discrimination in state budget allocations, ultra-Orthodox respondents overwhelmingly felt they were treated unfairly, while secular respondents tended to deny such discrimination.

A look at competitive victimhood in Israeli society

By NECHUMI YAFFE

BEIT MIDRASH LE’MAASEH: Men and women from across the political spectrum and the religious scale sit around one table.

What is the real meaning of unity in Israel these days? - opinion

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

Noam Party leader MK Avi Maoz, December 5, 2022.

Secular groups warn: 'The war must not be used to push religion in army bases'

By Yuval Barnea

CONFRONTATIONS TAKE place at the onset of Yom Kippur on Sunday evening, at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, over the issue of the placement of a partition between men and women for a High Holy Day service there.

Reciprocity must be precondition in secular-religious relations in Israel - opinion

Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef speaks during a ceremony of the Israeli police for the Jewish new year at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem on September 22, 2022.

Israel's chief rabbi: Secular Jews have lower intelligence, are jealous of haredim

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

WE WOULD all have benefited from a different approach that left Yom Kippur outside the struggle, says the writer.

When solidarity was lost on the most important day of the Jewish year - opinion

By AMICHAI COHEN

Businesswoman sitting on her desk in an office (illustrative).

Can giving Israel Sundays off heal the religious divide?

CONFRONTATIONS TAKE place at the onset of Yom Kippur on Sunday evening, at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, over the issue of the placement of a partition between men and women for a High Holy Day service there.

Even with differing opinions, we should still respect others - opinion

By OMER DOSTRI