News Israel Religion: Rivlin implies Religious Zionists should look backwards to move forwards
We want to keep our journalism open and accessible and be able to keep providing you with news and analysis from the frontlines of Israel, the Middle East and ... Rivlin on Thursday implied that if ...
News Israel Religion: What the Pew report got wrong about religious restrictions in Israel
NEW YORK (JTA) – A recently released Pew Research Center report about global restrictions on religion focuses mostly on discrimination against, and the persecution of, various religious groups in ...
News Israel Religion: Around the Globe, and Here at Home: Pence Calls Out US Lawmakers at Religious Freedom Summit
In Europe, where religious freedom was born as a principle ... Omar once tweeted that Israel has "hypnotized the world." She has also accused Israel-supporting U.S. lawmakers of dual loyalty ...
News Israel Religion: Archaeologists find 1,200-year-old mosque in Israel's Negev Desert
According to the Israel Antiquities Authority ... The mosques offers a glimpse of the religious changes that occurred across the region in the wake of Arabs conquest of the Byzantine holdings. "The ...
News Israel Religion: Israel Has Almost As Many Religious Restrictions As Iran: Report
Anat Hoffman the chair of the Women of the Wall was arrested for wearing a tallis while praying at the Kotel. (JTA) — When it comes to restrictions on religious freedom, Israel is in the company ...
News Israel Religion: Israel has almost as many religious restrictions as Iran, report says
As you can imagine, more people are reading The Jerusalem Post than ever before. Nevertheless, traditional business models are no longer sustainable and high-quality publications, like ours, are being ...
News Israel Religion: Will Israel's religious right stand for conversion therapy for gays?
The statement by United Right party head Rafi Peretz on conversion therapy for gays generated harsh reactions also from within his own political camp. Israel's Education Minister Rafi Peretz arrives ...
News Israel Religion: Netanyahu rejects MK’s call to run Israel according to Jewish religious law
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday pushed back against comments by his hardline political ally and aspiring justice minister Bezalel Smotrich, who had called for the Israeli justice system to ...
News Israel Religion: Israeli Right Split Over Whether Ultra-Religious Jews Need to Serve in the Army
(Bloomberg) -- Yossi Levi diverged from his traditional ultra-Orthodox Jewish upbringing when he chose to serve in Israel’s military, against the wishes of his family who worried the experience would ...
News Israel Religion: Justice Ministry Candidate Wants Israel Governed by Religious Law
Statements made by Union of Right-Wing Parties MP Bezalel Smotrich on the necessity of running Israel according to the Jewish religious law has irked Israelis. The opposition called on Israeli Prime ...
News Israel Religion: Israel's religious right thrives on political unrest
Knesset member Betzalel Smotrich of the United Right party is campaigning for Israel to be run according to religious law, and there are no guarantees he won’t make it happen. THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty ...
