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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

By DOUGLAS ALTABEF

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

By URI PILICHOWSKI

Illustrative image of an Electra-Afikim bus.

Bus line in Ashdod doesn't allow women, drivers say it's line for 'only men'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

FLOWERS, SIRENS and songs are all cross-cultural, international symbols.

Is Israel's secular nationalism how God preserves Judaism? - opinion

By MOSHE TARAGIN

THE WRITER addresses the demonstration last Wednesday, outside the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, calling for a broad consensus.

Can we find a compromise between religious and secular Jews? - opinion

By MENACHEM BOMBACH

Rabbi Menachem Bombach

A call for compromise between religious and secular

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

DO WE still share a common narrative?

Have religious Israeli Jews given up on Israel's secular society? - opinion

By MOSHE TARAGIN

A YESHIVA in Bnei Brak: The Greeks, during the Hellenistic period, decreed to uproot the law of the Torah from the life of the Jewish people.

Tel Aviv residents protest plans for new yeshiva in city center

By Walla!

‘No one is exempt from this disease, in which the body turns on its own digestive system’

Crohn's disease: An unexpected bridge between Israelis - opinion

By BARBARA SOFER

GOD’S PROVIDENCE is perceived in Israel’s success. Former prime minister David Ben-Gurion said, ‘In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles… Life is more than blind forces.’

Zionists didn’t wait for the Messiah - opinion

By URI PILICHOWSKI

Human beings are weak by nature (Illustrative).

Can you have morals without religion?

By MOSHE TARAGIN

BNEI BRAK: The combination of ultra-Orthodox large families who are unemployed, lack a regular income and the basic education required for knowledge and occupation, has led to extensive poverty among this sector, says the writer.

Israel: A Jewish democracy or religious state? - opinion

By LIOR AKERMAN