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Rabbi Lando: Zionism to blame for Arab hostility, religious IDF troops killed over 'twisted Torah'

UTJ spiritual leader Lando: '[National-Religious Jews] are being killed because their rabbis teach them twisted Torah' • Litvak rabbi says secular Israelis 'have no connection with Judaism'

Rabbi Dov Lando attends a wedding in Bnei Brak, January 15, 2026.
Leighton Meester and Adam Brody attend the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, U.S., January 4, 2026.

Rabbi who coached Adam Brody for 'Nobody Wants this' says he's 'ignorant' over Gaza genocide claims

Rabbi David Batzri as he delivers a Jewish biblical and rabbinic literature at the Shalom Yeshiva in Jerusalem, on Sunday, January 2, 2014.

Prominent Kabbalist Rabbi David Batzri dies at 85 after collapsing at home

Rabbi Albert Axelrad, shown above in 1982, was chaplain and Hillel rabbi at Brandeis University for 34 years, starting in 1965.

Albert Axelrad, Brandeis Hillel rabbi who championed pluralism and social justice, dies at 87


Israeli society must reclaim the Torah’s moral core - opinion

Violence, extremism, and division are distorting Torah values in parts of Israeli society and religious life.

An Israeli settler argues with a Palestinian farmer, during olive harvesting in Silwad, near Ramallah, October 29, 2025.

Beyond the Headlines: And you lifted us up - opinion

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

Rabbi Simcha Hakohen Kook seen during a visit at King David's tomb, on Mt Zion in Jerusalem. The site is viewed as the burial place of David, King of Israel, according to a tradition beginning in the 12th century. May 01, 2014.

What's Israel’s role in Judaism? Zionists' duty is to know - opinion

People, leadership, and land are the three foundations of the Jewish nation; understanding how each of these pillars interacts with the others is key to understanding Israel's role for Jews

A view shows a town nestled in a valley seen near Jerusalem in April in 2026.

Meron rabbi arrested over serious sex-crime allegations

Four testimonies included allegations of sexual harm under spiritual authority, with alleged acts described to victims as part of a “spiritual process,” “rectification,” or “special closeness.”

ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS walk through a forest near the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron, northern Israel, attempting to reach the Lag BaOmer celebrations after the site was closed by police following Home Front Command restrictions, May 5, 2026.

The rabbi defending Charlie Kirk's memory when most Jewish leaders won't - interview

Yeshiva University's Ari Berman told The Jerusalem Post about his friendship with Kirk, the warning Kirk gave him, and the alliance Jewish leaders are still afraid to build.

Ari Berman, President, Yeshiva University, speaks at the 28th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on May 6, 2025.

Grapevine: Real-life miracles

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

View of the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, October 8, 2024.

Jews must stop attacking Christianity - opinion

The soldier who smashed a statue of Jesus in Lebanon didn’t just disgrace the IDF. He handed our enemies  a gift – and betrayed our most important allies

PASAGES STUDENTS attend a rally in Washington to show their support for Israel

Damascus claims to arrest more Hezbollah-linked cell members behind plot to kill rabbi

Rabbi Michael Khoury was the reported target of an attack, state media said that the cell intended to target “a religious figure in the vicinity of the Maronite Church in Bab Touma on April 11."

Security forces guard a damaged bridge as people cross over the Euphrates River as Syrian army forces deploy in parts of the eastern province formerly controlled by Kurdish forces following their withdrawal from the area on January 22, 2026 in Deir ez-Zor, Syria.

There was always a third Singer: Yiddish literary diamonds revealed - review

Esther Kreitman, sister of Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer, wrote powerful Yiddish fiction capturing Jewish life, struggle, and survival.

Esther Kreitman (nee Singer), born in 1891 in Biłgoraj, Poland, to a rabbinic family, became a Yiddish-language novelist and short story writer.

Sirens during Seder? Rabbis advise on how to observe Passover under fire

Even though Seder night is called “Leil Shimurim” (a night of protection), Israeli Rabbi Yitzhak Yaakov Fuchs explains that we must not rely on miracles when danger is common.

 An illustrative image of a Passover Seder table.