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.

MAY 22, 2026|ByNATHAN LOPES CARDOZO

Scribe Nadav Elhadad writes a Torah scroll at Safed’s Mount Sinai Institute, in Feb.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system

The draft constitution also called for the "right of return" for refugees, caring for families of "martyrs, prisoners, and exiles," and reaffirming the PLO's position as representing Palestinians.

FEBRUARY 13, 2026|ByJAMES GENN

SIMCHAT TORAH at the Gush Etzion junction.

Simchat Torah: Divine fire and national legacy

Should Torah exist apart from society or be fully integrated within it?

OCTOBER 10, 2025|ByMOSHE TARAGIN

Muslims pray on the first Friday of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in Jerusalem's Old City, March 7, 2025

Police on guard as tens of thousands of Muslims hold Ramadan prayers on Temple Mount

Police said mass prayer on al-Aqsa ended on Friday afternoon with no irregular incidents, after Israel limited the number entering from the West Bank.

MARCH 7, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Editorial: Freedom to love

Tying religion to the state invites the intervention of secular institutions, such as the Supreme Court or Knesset, to intervene in inherently religious matters.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL

At the ‘Between the Ideal and the Real: Challenges in Halacha and Sexuality Before and After the Wedding’ event in Katamon’s Ramban Synagogue

US Reform leaders condemn body searches of women at Western Wall

The body searches were described as “belittling in the extreme” and “humiliating.”

AUGUST 24, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON

Members of "Women of the Wall" pray with a Torah scroll during a monthly prayer near the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City July 24, 2017

MKs censure Ministry of Interior's attack on religious-Zionist community

While attacking the religious-Zionist community, the minister took particular aim at the Tzohar rabbinical association which has gained great popularity with traditional and secular Israelis

AUGUST 22, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON

Senior officials: Progressive Jewish movements endangered Kotel plan

Government figures have hit back at the torrent of condemnation it has faced over the cancellation of the Western Wall agreement.

JUNE 28, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON

Youth hold their prayer shawls as they stand in front of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayers site in Jerusalem's Old City May 17, 2017.

3 famous faces who have struggled with Jewish conversion

As a contentious debate over conversion recognition flares, take a look at some high-profile converts who have struggled with the policies of the ultra-Orthodox Chief Rabbinate.

JUNE 26, 2017ByBECKY BROTHMAN