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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

Re-CHARGING Reform Judaism conference on May 31, 2023

Awakening the secular soul: Reconnecting with Jewish heritage

Hamidrasha Yisraelit

Israel opens first-ever mixed-observance seminary for Jewish girls

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A Star of David.

Who is lonely? The Jew struggling with doubt - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen with IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday, May 31, 2023

'Harming deterrence': Netanyahu urges IDF to hide internal issues

By LAHAV HARKOV , YONAH JEREMY BOB

RELIGIOUS AND secular Jews gather on Tisha Be’av, last week, outside of Independence Hall in Tel Aviv, to hear the reading of the Book of Eicha.

Why the sudden fears of an Israeli civil war? - opinion

By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN