Freedom of religion in israel
Shavuot and Mount Sinai: Why modern Jews still wrestle with the Torah
The debate over Torah from Sinai may depend less on proof than on the condition of the soul.
PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system
Simchat Torah: Divine fire and national legacy
Police on guard as tens of thousands of Muslims hold Ramadan prayers on Temple Mount
High Court rules to allow Tel Aviv stores to remain open on Shabbat
The ruling comes more than three years after the Tel Aviv municipal authority first approved a new bylaw legalizing the opening of such stores.
A Passover Swim with Big Fish in the Jerusalem Pool and Beyond
Israeli journalist calls religious Zionists more dangerous than Hezbollah
Defense Minister Liberman called for a boycott against Haaretz, Israel's sixth-largest Hebrew daily newspaper.
Born again
An uncompromising search for truth drives a couple to give up a spacious home and a culture of good manners in the American South.
A threat to the foundations of Jewish peoplehood
Leaving issues of religion and state to an ultra-Orthodox monopoly is leading to estrangement between Israel and the Diaspora. New arrangements must be reached.
Likud MK joins legislative fight against Reform, Conservative Jews
The MK’s bill says that there is a need to define the prayer areas of the Western Wall, the authority to conduct prayer services and to “prevent offending the sensitivities of the worshippers."
EU court allows religious symbol ban in headscarf ruling
The Court of Justice (ECJ) gave a joined judgment in the cases of two women, in France and Belgium, who were dismissed for refusing to remove headscarves.
Why can't Israel's PM say 'God bless Israel'?
Politics need to be stripped of religion. When that happens, people will be able to enjoy the basic rights every democracy is meant to provide its citizens.
Podcast: Three Ladies, Three Lattes
Meet Pamela Peled, Tzippi Shaked and Danit Shemesh, the authors behind 'Three Ladies, Three Lattes.'
Bill criminalizing progressive prayer at Kotel ‘hard to stop’
Official calls legislation a "disaster abroad but necessity here."