Religious & Secular in Israel

Liberal Jews are for tolerance until they also have to be tolerant.

The Knesset has driven the last nail in the once holy coffin of changing the clocks twice a year according to the timing of Passover and Yom Kippur. Daylight Time will remain until the end of October.

This past Sunday marked the second anniversary of the Hamas abduction and murder of three yeshiva teens from a hitchiking post in Gush Etzion.

The decision of Uri Aril’s Tekuma faction to remain in the party and re-start a “Yesha faction” is a blessing.

Chabad emissaries would share the same status as those who do national service.

Two teens were arrested on the Temple Mount by Israeli police Tuesday evening for unknown reasons.

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has announced that she intends to appeal the committee decision in the high court.

"I very quickly abandoned the ambition to achieve only rabbinic expertise, and moved on to the more important initiative of promoting you as creative scholars, with integrity, sensitivity and courage."

Bicycle riding is encouraged in Tel Aviv -- but not in Rabin Square -- and riding against the rules can earn you a hefty fine.

Kariv called the MKs' behavior vulgar and said it undermines the principles of the legislative process, as well as the public and ethical obligations of MKs.

“Loneliness is one of the hardest challenges for elderly Israelis -- sometimes that struggle outweighs the usual daily battle for financial survival."

The Prison Authority normally permits even prisoners who are serving life sentences for murder to attend family events.

Hundreds of Israeli Ethiopians continued protests in Tel Aviv on Sunday, blocking traffic on the Ayalon Highway and elsewhere in the city.

Over the past few weeks, IDF Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot has been systematically curtailing the authority of the Military Rabbinate.

The Taub Center noted a link between being religious and being satisfied with aspects of living, but that it does not necessarily apply to non-Jews. Hareidim live longer

Israel's Channel 20, the "Heritage channel," has been under attack from several directions since its launch, back in 2014.

There will be no trucks coming to transfer them to prison.

Regarding the money his Chassidim are taking from the evil government, the Rebbe said it was their money.

Now here is a real ‘woman at the Wall.” Paula Adbul is in Israel for the first time ever and will visit the Western Wall. At the age of 51, the time finally has come for a Bat Mitzvah.

Can it be a four-star hotel if you can smell the sewer system from your room?

According to the new bill, beginning in 2017, every young Jew over the age of 18 will be obligated to join the army.

An estimated 50,000 Jewish women are living in Arab villages and towns in Israel.

Arabs and Jews rallied together for co-existence Sunday at the Gush Etzion junction, joined by MK Yair Lapid.

The Nahal Haredi Association will manage a list of ultra-Orthodox veterans of combat service who reside in Haredi clusters.

Tel Aviv was named the world's number one gay city by an American Airlines and GayCities.com survey of gay travelers.

Approximately Jerusalem residents, including Meretz party supporters, protested on front of City Hall Saturday night against a plan to close a new movie theater...

Was the defense minister calling on his officer to rebel against the political class? Probably not, although he sounded dangerously close to saying just that.

"Better to give up the Yiddish and let everyone understand the material, rather than maintain the tradition and lose the students' attention."

Israel’s Supreme Court soon may have to decide if it wants to set off fireworks and take on a case that involves the authority of a rabbinical court to order a circumcision.

Prime Minister Netanyahu is functioning as an agent of U.S. foreign policy and Palestinian expansion.