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.”

His son, the recently elected Chief Rabbi Yizhak Yosef, took his place teaching the class last night.

Because of the wide public discussion of the need to stop needless pain to animals, wearing a shtreimel today is a desecration of God's name.

Roger ‘Pink Floyd’ Waters learns not to start up with Israelis, especially a woman. And especially supermodel Bar Rafaeli. She exposed his hypocrisy of boycotting Israel but using her photo for his concerts.

Israel's social security administration objected to these cuts, arguing that they expect them to send some 35 thousand new children below the poverty line.

In the video, police barge into Albert's home, the screen goes dark and we hear him screaming in pain.

The President of HUC-JIR, sent The Jewish Press an angry letter suggesting there are Orthodox sources supporting patrilineal descent.

Cuts in funding, together with severe cuts in child support, will likely force the majority of Haredi yeshivas to buckle under.

The Los Angeles-born woman, whose daughter was spat on by extreme Haredim in Beit Shemesh, has given up her fight for religious tolerance and leaves the city , but she blames modern orthodox Jews.

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky will release his full plan for a compromise among religious groups at the Western Wall in two weeks, Haaretz...

Radical Haredim rioted in Jerusalem and in Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, on Monday because of construction at sites that they said contain Jewish...

When it came to comparisons with the Third Reich, it appears the first Klausenburger Rebbe had his priorities straight.

The Beitar Jerusalem soccer team announced that it will stop playing on Shabbat in order to allow its religious and traditional fans to attend...

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.

The Religious Council of Petach Tikvah, located next to Tel Aviv, is generally known to give problems for couple wanting to get married by...

Haredi Knesset Member Moshe Gafni said he doesn’t mind if yeshivas are monitored to make sure those enrolled are learning so long as universities...

The first group of Palestinian prisoners with Jewish blood on their hands will be released next week.

A kind of Mutually Assured Disturbance was observed by both sides.

"Any attempt to argue as if I ever admitted such an act is a despicable lie," was Rabbi Elon's initial response to the allegations.

The Western Wall rabbi Wednesday may have taken the first step towards surrendering the Kotel to Muslims. He asked women and Temple Mount activists to respect Muslim sensitivities and to stay away.

The minister lamented the fact that Israelis are studying Law instead of programming.

"It is inconceivable that deans of yeshivas would lie knowingly and sign for their students as if they're present full time in the yeshivas, while in reality they're not there."

The Shas Haredi party can’t see past its black hat. Most of 91 Yesha towns now on the national priority list are near dangerous borders. Beitar Illit is not. Obviously, that’s discrimination, says Shas.

On those few days when Jews were allowed to go up to the Mount, they suffered constant abuse by the Muslims and by the police.

Rabbi David Lau committed to consulting with "giur breaker" Rabbi Sherman before any consultation on conversions.

The accused was using an email account which he checked in Jerusalem Internet cafes.

As far as the half million Israelis living in Judea and Samaria—most of whom are Jewish Home voters—the referendum bill leaves them in the cold.

An unexpected hurdle for Jewish Home leader Bennett who's been pushing the referendum legislation.

The state is asking the high court not to take on appeals until the new draft law is completed.

Bennett lost the battle for Chief Rabbis but he may have won the war. A Knesset Channel poll shows Jewish Home party as the second largest, only three seats behind the Likud and three ahead of Lapid.