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An illustrative photo of a Jewish wedding in front of the Mediterranean Sea.

We need to think about how to tackle Jewish intermarriage - editorial

 There is less holding a second marriage together (Illustrative photo of a wedding).

70% of secular Jews in the US, 50% in Europe married to non-Jews

 WORSHIPERS SIT on the ground as a sign of mourning on Tisha Be’av last year at the Western Wall

Opponents of Israel’s judicial reform see parallels in Tisha Be’av

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
NETANYAHU AND Gantz – can they put their animosity aside and serve the public?

How many Israelis think the national crisis will end in compromise? - survey

By MOSHE COHEN/MAARIV
 OUTGOING AMBASSADOR of the United States to Israel Tom Nides sits with the author at her book launch earlier this month in Jerusalem

'Parallel Lines': Learning from writing a fictional novel - opinion

By RUTH MARKS EGLASH
 MUSLIM MIGRANTS arrive in Munich, Germany, 2015.

Atheist-religious tensions in Europe could spell disaster - opinion

 A Jew praying at the Western Wall

Almost half of Israelis identify as traditional Jews, defying conventional labels - analysis

 THE MASSES gather at the Western Wall on Jerusalem Day, last month. This is the Jewish homeland, not the new Denmark, or the 51st US state, says the writer.

Israel as a Jewish state must be what all Israelis agree on - opinion

 A person reacts during a march from Ramat Gan to the Ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood of Bnei Brak in protest against monetary demands by the Ultra-Orthodox community for the upcoming budget, in Bnei Brak east of Tel Aviv, Israel, May 17, 2023.

Religiosity and views on judicial reform are strongly correlated - study

 JERUSALEM STREET scene.

Three Ladies, Three Lattes: The shrinking secular

By THREE LADIES , THREE LATTES
 A Secular woman argues with an Ultra orthodox jewish man outside a memorial service for Rabbi Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia in the northern Israeli city of Tiberias on February 17, 2019.

Secular, Orthodox Israelis open up about religious tensions in Israel - survey

By YUVAL BAGNO/MAARIV
 BNEI BRAK: The thing that is unacceptable is forcing a life of poverty and deprivation upon those who want to work, says the writer.

Haredi society is forcing poverty, deprivation on those that want to work - opinion

By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
 PROTESTERS STAND across from haredi boys in front of Kol Torah Yeshiva in Jerusalem, earlier this month.

Israel must overcome baseless hatred - opinion

 HAREDI PROTESTORS scuffle with police as the Women of the Wall movement holds Rosh Hodesh prayers at the Western Wall, in March.

Haredi, secular Israelis clash in northern Israel indoor playground

 A MAN PRAYS in a cotton field at sunrise, at Kibbutz Hulda. Religious Zionists believe that while they must do their part, their actions will be successful only if they have God’s help.

The most important difference between secular and religious Zionism - opinion