Israel News News Israel » Religion: How Israel’s Netanyahu weaponises religion in his war rhetoric
Israeli prime minister has used ancient religious texts to validate pre-emptive warfare and bypass international law.
News Israel » Religion: In Israel, religious divisions among Jews fuel tensions in election campaign
The city of Jerusalem has increasingly come under pressure from ultra-Orthodox Jews and religious Zionists seeking to impose their religious demands.
News Israel » Religion: What ‘right’ and ‘left’ mean in Israel today
In Israel, the left-right divide is shaped less by economics than by positions on Palestinian statehood and occupation.
News Israel » Religion: Majority of Israelis support government that refuses haredi demands on religion-and-state policies
A survey conducted on 800 Israeli men and women chosen to represent Israel's Jewish population found that on every religion-and-state issue tested, the majority was opposed to official policy ...
News Israel » Religion: Rosner’s Domain | Is Israel Becoming More Religious?
Religious Jews pray at the Western Wall in the Old City on November 12, 2023 in Jerusalem.(Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) How do you measure “traditionally” or “religiosity”? By rituals, ...
News Israel » Religion: Haredi, Dati, Masorti, Hiloni: Four Jewish identities shaping Israel today
From the outside, Israel may appear unified -- a small nation built around a shared homeland. But step closer and Israeli society reveals a rich, layered mosaic shaped by religion, migration, politics ...
News Israel » Religion: Religious right: Slowly but surely, Israel’s right-wing is becoming the religious bloc
The Israeli Right that formed them was largely secular, nationalist, and security-minded. The Israeli Right replacing it is increasingly religious and messianic.
News Israel » Religion: Israel signals status quo shake-up over Cave of the Patriarchs, Hebron
(RNS) — The site, known to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque and to Jews as Ma’arat HaMakhpela — the Cave of the Patriarchs, in English — is the second-most-sacred site to both Jews and Muslims in the ...
News Israel » Religion: Israel allows women to take rabbinic test for 1st time, but not become Orthodox rabbis
After years of court battles, Israel will allow women to take the exams men take to become rabbis. It is a step toward expanding women's leadership roles in Orthodox Judaism. To be officially ordained ...
News Israel » Religion: Persuading Pro-Israel Jews
Donald Trump’s Gaza “peace plan,” endorsed last week by the UN Security Council, has been met with skepticism from a number of the conflict’s more astute observers. Outlining steps toward ceasefire ...