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An illustrative image of a Passover Seder plate.

Passover 2025: Are we a nation or a family?

By MOSHE TARAGIN

An illustrative image of Jews dancing at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Passover 2025: A spiritual call for unity for the 2nd Passover since Oct. 7

By RABBI TULLY BRYKS

STRIKING A balance between living within our personal narrative and staying grounded in reality is a delicate task.

Perception is reality: The importance of a narrative of Jewish unity

By MOSHE TARAGIN

PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog speaks at a ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the United Nations in New York City.

President Isaac Herzog: The unifying hero Israel needs amid crisis

By SHERWIN POMERANTZ

Hostage posters seen at the Hostages' Square in Tel Aviv, January 14, 2025

Hostage deal: A time to stand and believe together

By MOSHE TARAGIN

A BAM facilitator (R) meets with secular teens at Amos Oz High Scool in Ramat Aviv.

Be A Mensch Foundation: Advancing dialogue between secular, haredi Israelis

By ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

LARGE SIGNS in Jerusalem show former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, each with the words: ‘Unity Now.’

Striving for consensus doesn't mean abandoning our principles

By DOUGLAS ALTABEF

Ex-PM Naftali Bennett (left) and his FM, Yair Lapid, hold a news conference in the Knesset in 2022. After the formation of the short-lived ‘government of change’ established by Bennett and Lapid in June 2021, the opposition’s rhetoric in the Knesset deteriorated rapidly, the writer argues.

Distancing ourselves from civil war

By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER Shlomo Karhi and Kan Public Broadcasting’s Michal Asulin argue at a meeting in the Knesset this week on freedom of the media. A small majority in the Knesset has set its sights on the media, political freedom, rule of law, government institutions.

Israelis can only fortify the national home by reconciliating among ourselves

By YEDIDIA STERN

Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference with bereaved families in the Ministry of Finance in Jerusalem on January 8, 2023.

Smotrich’s visit to Nir Oz offers hope of unity, Netanyahu should follow suit

By JPOST EDITORIAL

An illustrative image of Jews celebrating with Torah scrolls on Simchat Torah.

Come together: The importance of unity on Simchat Torah

By STEWART WEISS

Over 1,000 players of all different levels sat in a symbolic formation, a yellow ribbon to “bring them home,” as they played games of chess.

Over 1,000 chess players shatter Israeli record in simultaneous chess game in Jerusalem

By JOANIE MARGULIES

PEOPLE SIGN The Covenant of Unity and Hope, in Latrun, on Independence Day in May.

What are we willing to sacrifice for genuine cohesion?

By Danny Mirvis

President Isaac Herzog and Gal Gadot (illustrative).

Gal Gadot: The Jewish people 'will prevail, [only] by being united'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A CONFRONTATION takes place over setting up a partition between men and women for a prayer service, on Yom Kippur eve last year at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv.

The unity of the Jewish people is the key to defeating our enemies

By URI PILICHOWSKI

The Rabanit who fills halls: Only in unity will we win. There are no true differences between us

By Mark Fish

A CRY for unity at a March 11 protest.

Menomadin survey shows Israelis desperately seek unity

By Gil Lewinsky

IRAN’S NEW president, Masoud Pezeshkian, speaks during a gathering with supporters at the shrine of the late Iranian leader Khomeini, in Tehran, last Saturday.

Iran's new President urges Muslim unity, strengthens ties with Central Asia and Africa

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN