Jewish faith

Gaza GenoLIE: The campaign fighting “a modern blood libel”

A growing international coalition of more than 100 organizations says the accusation that Israel commits genocide in Gaza has become a weapon against Israel and Jews worldwide.

|ByELLIOT HELLER
A new billboard about the GazaGenoLIE.com campaign in the center of Times Square, next to the NASDAQ
‘MESIRUT NEFESH’: Willingness to give up comfort, time, money, and personal interests for a greater value.

Before the High Holidays, the Jewish people must look inward - opinion

With Yom Kippur fast approaching, now is the time for Jews to look inward and ask how one can do better to support one's own nation and peoplehood.

|ByWILLIAM C. DAROFF
THE AUTHOR attempts to place today’s challenges within the broader sweep of Jewish history and Torah.

'Reclaiming Redemption Vol. II': Tracing Jewish survival from exile to war - book review

Moshe Taragin’s wartime essays argue that Jewish faith is carried not only through ideas, but through the people whose resilience has preserved it across history.

|ByMARION FISCHEL
The tradition of “Mazel Tov” and the belief in luck and fate continue to accompany Jewish life from its ancient roots to the modern world.

Why "Mazel Tov" endures as the Jewish World's Favorite Blessing

|ByIN COLLABORATION WITH JAMES EVANS

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

See Shabbat times for your area.

JULY 5, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Shabbat candles

Maintaining our humanity during a war for our survival - opinion

Make sure to first sympathize with human suffering. Compassion and sympathy must always precede ideology. 

JUNE 15, 2024ByMOSHE TARAGIN
PAYING TRIBUTE to victims and hostages of Oct. 7, in Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square, June 5.

Angel of death and signs of hope, Israel's dichotomy - opinion

In the Jewish nation, horror and hope go hand in hand. As we move to Remembrance Day and Independence Day, we must hold space for pain, but not lose sight of celebration.

MAY 9, 2024ByKENNETH BRANDER
Aner Shapira z"l

No atheists in a foxhole: Turning to God during hardship - opinion

The adage, “There are no atheists in a foxhole” encapsulates this phenomenon, suggesting that in moments of peril, belief in a higher power surges, becoming a beacon of solace and hope.

APRIL 21, 2024ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
TWO ELDERLY women look at the considerable damage caused when a Scud missile slammed into their house, January 18, 1991, in the Gulf War, when Iraq started firing Scuds into Israel. The war ended on February 28.

In search of safe haven: Chazal's prophecy on turmoil and distress

MARCH 28, 2024ByMARK FISH

My family's Jewish day school story - opinion

I knew I wanted my children to have more Jewish education than I had; to have friends who could play with them on Shabbat to make it more fun; and to know all of the stories that make our heritage.

FEBRUARY 19, 2024ByCHERYL WEINER ROSENBERG
A CEREMONY marking Israel’s 70th Independence Day takes place at Ben Porat Yosef school in Paramus, NJ.

'Shema Yisrael' symbolizes the unity of the Jewish people - comment

For me, those words signify the unity of the Jewish People, binding us together through thick and thin.

FEBRUARY 10, 2024ByANDREA SAMUELS
FORMER ‘BIG BROTHER’ contestant Ben Wiernik appears on a large advertising board, deep in prayer.

Does the Torah have multiple authors? - opinion

In the modern epoch, academic study of the Hebrew Bible attributes conflicting texts in the Torah to different human sources.

JANUARY 4, 2024ByELI KAVON
Torah scroll 521

Israel-Hamas War: How to maintain faith in trying times - opinion

Faith is an indefinable emotion. It doesn’t remove pain, but it can help you endure it.

DECEMBER 31, 2023ByDVORA WAYSMAN
Staircase (Illustrative)

Hanukkah: The great light of the small jug

The Maccabees understood the message: Yes, pure oil, even in small quantities, can illuminate much more than meets the eye.

DECEMBER 8, 2023ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
LIGHTING THE fifth candle with oil in Safed.