Religious & Secular in Israel

Netanyahu demands that that Mahmoud Abbas recognize Israel as a Jewish state, but if it wants foreign journalists to do so, perhaps it should not call Rosh HaShanah-Yom Kippur-Sukkot “autumn holidays.”

On Tuesday, PA Arabs appealed to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit demanding that he not approve the deal which was then being formulated.

Mike Huckabee doesn’t understand why Jews support Obama as “pro-Israel” because he doesn’t understand the psyche of a liberal American Jewish Democrat.

MK Smotrich is traveling to Europe to share his own perception of the Matan Kahana conversion reform.

It's a huge win for our side, more important than Itamar Ben Gvir taking over the ministry of national security.

Haredi MK Gafni has long embraced the tactic of resisting unfavorable registration by throwing a tantrum.

Eventually, the IPS will purchase and issue suits and hats to prisoners who have received permission to wear them.

The missionary campaign is ongoing and is expected to continue through the end of the coming week.

Daniel Bar-Tal, Emeritus Professor at the School of Education at Tel Aviv University, Areas of expertise: Militarism in Israeli society; Culture and ethos of Conflict

Netanyahu and Bennett can form a 51-seat coalition bloc, to which they can add whomever they desire, at a bargain basement price.

It should be interesting to watch the Knesset becoming divided not along the traditional coalition vs. opposition divider, but as sharks vs. guppies.

Amazingly, the very coalition parties that lead the reforms and capture the headlines today suffer the worst losses in the next elections.

The IDF HR is hoping that taking any of their proposed tracks would appeal to the recruits who wish to attain good jobs after the army.

Haredi political leaders across the board called a court ruling for new elections in Beit Shemesh” corrupt,” “racist” and a sign of “dictatorship,” among...

"They will be met by thousands and tens of thousands of lovers of the land who are determined to fight this unfortunate decision and defeat them."

MK Bezalel Samotrich tweeted: "Israel will not be Iran."

Israel’s centralized state economy favored the secular offender.

Justice Hayut's reputation as a jurist far outshines Naor's.

MK Yulia Malinovsky, whose coalition party Yisrael Beiteinu broke rank and voted against the bill, asked the Likud members from the podium Monday night when did they become a Haredi party.

High housing prices are blamed, but has anyone suggested that working for a living might help?

The Cabinet on Sunday approved a measure to extend Daylight Savings Time until the end of October. It also approved exporting 40 percent of...

The Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe sees no difference between Nazi depictions of Jews as contaminators of German blood and the Israeli Media view of Haredim as freeloaders.

During the ceremony, Ambassador Friedman said the Shecheyanu blessing.

The deadline for government's response to the high court's order is next Sunday.

It’s the kind of even-handed statement one would expect from, say, the BBC, or the AP.

Moshe Leon didn't really know he was going to run for mayor of Jerusalem until the last minute.

"To my chagrin, it has been a week since the event in which the entire Torah observant public was soiled for all to see for things that never happened."

New Right chairwoman Ayelet Shaked refused to meet with Gantz, saying she would conduct negotiations exclusively through the Likud team.

The pre-Yom Kippur practice of using a live chicken for the "kapparot" ritual was banned in three Israeli cities this year.

Watch for free the best theatre in the world. After the Knesset passed a bill on first reading to require all Jews to service in the IDF, Haredi MKs tore their shirts in mourning. Act Two to follow.