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What honoring our parents teaches us about faith, logic, and Judaism

The mitzvah of honoring one's parents is not a narrow religious demand but a foundational moral duty.

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A STATUE of Deborah dated 1792 stands in Aix-en-Provence, France.

Parashat Beshalach's lessons on unity, shared risk, and IDF service

JOSEPH’S TOMB in Nablus.

Parashat Beshalach: The joy of ‘mitzvot’

Blindness by choice, Israeli opera.

Sightings, sounds, and self-knowledge: Ten reasons to go out next week


'Disasters of Biblical Proportions': From ancient Exodus to lessons in fear and faith - review

The book Disasters of Biblical Proportions: The Ten Plagues Then, Now, and at the End of the World provides a history of the interpretations of each of the 10 plagues in the Book of Exodus.

‘The seventh Plague of Egypt,’  hail and fire, by John Martin, 1823.

‘Let’s start bigger’: Israelis behind ‘The Department of Magic’ detail creative process - interview

Amit Weiss, an acting and cinema student at Sapir Academic College near Sderot, and Talia Novich, a technical writer in Haifa, are creatively inseparable.

The Department of Magic.

Indoctrinating innocents: From the Khmer Rouge to Hamas, the art of child indoctrination

A former Khmer Rouge child soldier speaks to the Magazine about his time in the Cambodian communist organization, and how many Palestinian groups use similar methods of indoctrination.

A child wears a Hamas head banner after Friday prayers in Gaza City.

Parashat Vayechi: Change begins with you

Anyone who truly wants change must begin with himself – to be better, more generous, more understanding, and more open to differing views.

Jacob crossed his hands when blessing Ephraim and Manasseh

Parashat Vayechi: King David's lesson in leadership

King David’s final words are not a farewell. They are a summons. A summons to responsibility, to faith and to moral resolve.

A mosaic of King David (illustartive)

A quiet, historic revolution - opinion

For too long, Israel allowed international pressure to dictate Jewish life in Judea and Samaria. Terror flourished, deterrence eroded, and our enemies inevitably interpreted restraint as weakness.

A general view shows new buildings in the Jewish settlement of Kadim in the West Bank, earlier this year.

‘The Jerusalem Post’: 93 years of influential journalism – Part 2

Members of our web team discuss the articles they believe have made the strongest impact on public conversation, policy, society, and more.

THE PHYSICAL and metaphorical heart of the newsroom, the Breaking News Desk works during a major news event. From left: Assistant Managing Editor Aaron Reich, Alex Winston, Shir Perets, and the back of intern Esther.

Carlton hotel in Tel Aviv: Where breakfast is a meal to be savored - restaurant review

I filled my plate with several tempting-looking dishes: roasted fresh vegetables, potatoes cooked in cream, shakshuka, moussaka with halloumi cheese, and a latke made from sweet potatoes.

Breakfast by the Mediterranean at the Tel Aviv Carlton.

George & John: Classic cool rules in Tel Aviv - restaurant review

The restaurant immediately sets the scene, with its décor of the bygone bon vivant colonial era. Five ceiling fans whirl above. A small lamp lights up each table, and low-key indie jazz whispers out.

At George & John, food comes straight from Tel Aviv’s Carmel market.

Israelis always spot the cloud behind the silver lining - comment

Despite Israel’s economic wins and technology breakthroughs, many Israelis instinctively doubt good news.

 Israel flag with stock market finance, economy trend graph digital technology.